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April 19, 2012

Today in history

Today is the 110th day of 2012 and the 31st day of spring.

 

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1775, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War were fought at Lexington and Concord, Mass.

In 1943, an uprising broke out in the Warsaw Ghetto.

In 1995, a truck bomb exploded at the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168.

In 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope; he selected the pontifical name Benedict XVI.

 

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Dudley Moore (1935-2002), actor; Tim Curry (1946- ), actor; Al Unser Jr. (1962- ), auto racer; Ashley Judd (1968- ), actress; James Franco (1978- ), actor; Kate Hudson (1979- ), actress.

 

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1897, the first Boston Marathon was held. The race was won by John J. McDermott, a New Yorker.

 

TODAY'S FACT: More than 14 percent of the world's population speaks Mandarin Chinese as a first language. Five percent of the world's population speaks English as a first language.

 

TODAY'S QUOTE: "We give too little if we offer only material things." -- Pope Benedict XVI

 

TODAY'S NUMBER: 579,999 -- population of Oklahoma City in 2010.

 

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter (April 13) and new moon (April 21).

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