Born on April 19
April 19 birthdays & history
If you were born on April 19, you share a birthday with Ali Khamenei, Maria Sharapova and José Echegaray. April 19 babies are Aries, with diamond as their birthstone and the daisy as their birth flower. April 19 is the 110th day of the year in leap years (109th in other years).
Famous people born on April 19
- 1939Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran
- 1987Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
- 1832José Echegaray, Spanish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1979Kate Hudson, American actress
- 1882Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil
- 1978James Franco, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1957Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman, chairman of Reliance Industries
- 1972Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira, Brazilian footballer
- 1912Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1946Tim Curry, English actor and singer
What happened on April 19
- 1713With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issued the Pragmatic Sanction, allowing the Habsburg hereditary possessions to be inherited by a daughter.
- 1782The States General of the Dutch Republic received John Adams, and the house he had purchased in The Hague became the first United States embassy.
- 1818French physicist Augustin Fresnel signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following day). The document ends with what we now call the Fresnel integrals.
- 1839The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.
- 1956American actress Grace Kelly became the princess consort of Monaco upon her marriage to Rainier III.
- 1971Salyut 1, the first space station, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in the Soviet Union.
- 1971The Doors released L.A. Woman, their final album during their lead vocalist Jim Morrison's lifetime.
- 1971Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
- 1975Aryabhata, India's first satellite, was launched from Kapustin Yar in the Soviet Union.
- 1984"Advance Australia Fair", written by Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick, officially replaced "God Save the Queen" as Australia's national anthem.
- 1987The fictional Simpson family made their first appearance in the short "Good Night", aired in a segment of the The Tracey Ullman Show.
- 2005Joseph Alois Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the papal conclave.
Questions, answered
What star sign is April 19?
People born on April 19 are Aries. Their birthstone is diamond and their birth flower is the daisy.
Which famous people were born on April 19?
Ali Khamenei (1939), Maria Sharapova (1987), José Echegaray (1832), Kate Hudson (1979), Getúlio Vargas (1882), James Franco (1978) were all born on April 19.
What happened on April 19 in history?
Among other things: in 1984, "Advance Australia Fair", written by Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick, officially replaced "God Save the Queen" as Australia's national anthem; in 1987, The fictional Simpson family made their first appearance in the short "Good Night", aired in a segment of the The Tracey Ullman Show; in 2005, Joseph Alois Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the papal conclave.
Can I get a newspaper front page from April 19?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any April 19 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “April 19”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.