April 19

Wednesday 19, 1961:

The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in failure.

Tuesday 19, 1892:

Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Friday 19, 1839:

The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom.

Friday 19, 1529:

At the Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant movement.

Sunday 19, 1012:

Martyrdom of St Alphege in Greenwich, London.

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