TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 On this day in history:
1012 - Aelfheah was murdered by Danes who had been ravaging the south of England. Aelfhear became the 29th Archbishop of Canterbury in 1005.
1539 - Emperor Charles V reached a truce with German Protestants at Frankfurt, Germany.
1587 - English admiral Sir Francis Drake entered Cadiz Harbour and sank the Spanish fleet. 1764 - The English Parliament banned the American colonies from printing paper money. 1770 - Captain James Cook arrived in New South Wales. Cook originally named the land Point Hicks.
1794 - Tadeusz Kosciuszko forced the Russians out of Warsaw.
1839 - The Kingdom of Belgium was recognised by all the states of Europe when the Treaty of London was signed.
1927 - In China, Hankow communists declared war on Chaing Kai-shek.
1943 - The Warsaw Ghetto uprising against Nazi rule began. The Jews were able to fight off the Germans for 28 days. 1951 - Shigeki Tanaka won the Boston Marathon. Tanaka had survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, Japan during World War II.
1956 - Actress Grace Kelly became Princess Grace of Monaco when she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The civil ceremony took place on April 18.
1971 - Russia launched the Salyut into orbit around Earth. It was the first space station.
1975 - India launched its first satellite with aid from the USSR. 1977 - Alex Haley received a special Pulitzer Prize for his book Roots.
1981 - In Davao, Philippines, thirteen people were killed when members of the New People’s Army threw hand grenades into the Roman Catholic cathedral during Easter services.
1984 - Australia adopts Green and Gold as its national colours. 1984 - Australia adopts ‘Advance Australia Fair’ as its national anthem.
1989 - In El Salvador, Attorney General Alvadora was killed by a car bomb.
1998 - Wang Dan, a leader of 1989 Tienanmen Square pro democracy protests, was freed by the Chinese government. 2000 - In the Philippines, Air Philippines GAP 541 crashed while preparing to land. 131 people were killed.