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April 19

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Today in History
• 1451 - Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne
• 1539 - Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt
• 1587 - Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet
• 1591 - Chartres surrenders to King Henry IV in France
• 1619 - Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam
• 1770 - Captain James Cook 1st sees Australia
• 1775 - Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world"
• 1775 - 1775 Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon
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Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Dutch-American Friendship Day
• National Cat Lady Day
• National Garlic Day
• National North Dakota Day
• National Poker Day
• Rice Ball Day
• Sylvester the Cat's Birthday
• Wear Pajamas to Work Day
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Birthdays
• 1320 - Pedro I, King of Portugal, 1357-67
• 1501 - Erasmus Sarcerius, German Lutheran theologian and reformer
• 1721 - Roger Sherman, signer, Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence
• 1758 - Fisher Ames, Representative-Massachusetts 1789 - 1797
• 1787 - Erastus "Deaf" Smith, American frontiersman and revolutionary
• 1793 - Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835-48)
• 1830 - Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit
• 1832 - Lucretia Garfield, First Lady as the wife of James A. Garfield