April 19' 2011 - Tuesday

Famous Historical Events:

1770 - Capt James Cook 1st sees Australia

1906 - SF Earthquake ends killing 452

1910 - Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao)

1919 - Leslie Irvin of US makes 1st parachute jump & free fall

1932 - Pres Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week

1936 - First day of the Great Uprising in Palestine.

1941 - Milk rationed in Holland

1945 - The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established.

1947 - French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
1959 - Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails

1971 - USSR Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit

1972 - Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth

1972 - Hungary revises constitution
1975 - India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR

1982 - Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut

1985 - Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.

 2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave.

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