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On April 19
- 1775 American Revolutionary Wars begins with the "shot heard ‘round the world’ at Lexington & Concord.
- 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins.
- 1993 Fiery end to the US Governement’s raid and 51 day standoff on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco.
- 1995 at 9:02 a.m., bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City.
- 2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope (Benedict XVI).
- 2023 Led by a Roope Hintz hat trick, the Dallas Stars crushed the Minnesota Wild 7-3.
- 1935 Bride of Frankenstein premiered
- 1961 La Dolce Vita premiered
- 1963 Johnny Cash released Ring of Fire
- 1965 Don Knotts made his final appearance as a series regular on The Andy Griffith Show.
- 1971 The Doors released L.A. Woman
- 1973 Soylent Green premiered
- 1980 Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes V
- 1985 Moving Violations premiered
- 1986 Benson series finale
- 1987 The Simpsons premiered
- 1990 Wings premiered, starting Texan Crystal Bernard.
- 1995 Lou Bega released ‘Mambo No. 5’
- 2022 My Big Fat Greek Wedding premiered in theaters
- 1933 Jayne Mansfield
- 1936 Jack Pardee, TAMU Class of 1957, Houston Oilers
- 1939 Ayatollah Khamenei
- 1946 Tim Curry
- 1968 Ashley Judd
- 1972 Eric Wallace
- 1978 James Franco
- 1560 Philip Melanchthon
- 1813 Benjamin Rush
- 1824 Lord Byron
- 1882 Charles Darwin
- 1901 A.H. Belo, founder The Dallas Morning News.
- 2012 Levon Helm
- 2023 Moonbin, a member of the K-pop band Astro.