This Day In History

April 19

St. Elphege

1775  The US Revolutionary War began in Lexington and Concord.
1824  Poet Lord Byron dies in Greece.
1892  Duryea gasoline buggy introduced in the US.
1933  US went off the gold standard.
1951  General MacArthur relieved of command. "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away."
1956  Actress from Philadelphia Grace Kelly wed Prince Rainier III of Monaco and became Princess Grace

1807  Confederate General Robert E. Lee born in Stratford, Virginia
1920  Comedian Frank Fontaine
1927  Actor Don Adams
1932  Actress Jayne Mansfield (Palmer)
1933  Actor Dick Sargent
1935  Actor Dudley Moore

1955

• Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado

• Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower) - Georgia Gibbs

• Earth Angel - The Crew-Cuts

• Ballad of Davy Crockett - Fess Parker

1969

• Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In - The Fifth Dimension

• Hair - The Cowsills

• Get Back - The Beatles

• Galveston - Glen Campbell

1978

• Night Fever - The Bee Gees

• If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman

• The Closer I Get to You - Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway

• Someone Loves You Honey - Charley Pride

1987

• I Knew You were Waiting (For Me) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael

• The Finer Things - Steve Winwood

• Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship

• Kids of the Baby Boom - The Bellamy Brothers

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