Today in History for 19th April 2017:
Historical Events
1924 – 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:29:40.2
1937 – 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20
1939 – 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:28:51.8
1959 – Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1975 – India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR
1999 – The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
Famous Birthdays
1785 – Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer
1821 – Mortimer Dormer Leggett, Mjr General (Union volunteers), (d. 1896)
1934 – Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer
1944 – James Heckman, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize
1964 – Harris Barton, NFL tackle (SF 49ers)
1967 – Steven H Silver, American science fiction editor
Famous Deaths
1578 – Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1530)
1870 – Camille Marie Stamaty, composer, dies at 59
1914 – Charles Pierce, philosopher/scientist, dies
1992 – Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1994 – Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
2004 – Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)