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19 Apr 2020
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter became the first helicopter to fly on another planet.
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19 Apr 2011
NetherRealm's Mortal Kombat, the first game in the franchise reboot, was released for PS3 and Xbox 360.
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19 Apr 2005
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected as Pope under the name Pope Benedict XVI.
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19 Apr 1995
168 die in the Oklahoma City bombing.
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19 Apr 1994
American construction worker Rodney King received $3.8 million in compensation after suffering police brutality on March 3, 1991.
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19 Apr 1987
The first installment of The Simpsons is aired.
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19 Apr 1971
The Soviet Union launches the world's first manned space station.
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19 Apr 1971
Prolific killer Charles Manson was sentenced to death by gas chamber.
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19 Apr 1963
Johnny Cash released his 'Ring of Fire' single.
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19 Apr 1956
Grace Kelly married Rainier III, the Prince of Monaco.
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19 Apr 1943
The Warsaw Uprising involved Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto resisting Nazi Germany during WWII.
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19 Apr 1919
Leslie Irvin makes the world's first free-fall parachute jump.
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19 Apr 1909
The Roman Catholic Church declared Joan of Arc a saint.
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19 Apr 1882
Charles Darwin, who taught the world the theory of evolution by natural selection, died at 73 years old.
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19 Apr 1775
The Battle of Lexington and Concord began, which kicked off the American Revolutionary War between 1775 & 1783.
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19 Apr 1770
Captain James Cook sighted Australia for the first time.
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19 Apr 1591
The town of Chartres in France surrendered to King Henry IV.
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19 Apr 1539
The Treaty of Frankfurt was signed between Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Protestants.
