Daily Almanac: April 19, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:58 a.m.
SET: 8:27 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 80 °F
LOW: 41 °F

Today is…:

• Bicycle Day
• Humorous Day
• National Garlic Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1995 168 die in the Oklahoma City bombing. Timothy McVeigh, the mastermind behind the attack, was executed on June 11, 2001. The motives for the bombing, which also killed 19 babies and children, remain somewhat unclear.
• 1987 The first installment of The Simpsons is aired. The hugely popular animated sitcom debuted on the Tracey Ullman Show in the form of one-minute shorts
• 1775 The American Revolutionary War begins. The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and 13 colonies of British North America. The war resulted in U.S. independence.

Births On This Day:

• 1933 Jayne Mansfield
American model, actress, singer

• 1937 Joseph Estrada
Filipino actor, producer, politician, 13th President of the Philippines

Deaths On This Day:

• 1882 Charles Darwin
English scientist, theorist
• 1824 Lord Byron
English poet