April 19
April 19 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 256 days remain until the year's end. It falls in spring (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Aries.
Day of year
110
Days remaining
256
ISO week
16
Zodiac
Aries
Season
Spring
Sun declination
+11.2°
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Wikipedia: this day →Britannica: this day →LoC: Today in History →History.com: this day →On-This-Day.com →BBC: On This Day →NYT: this day →Time and Date →NASA APOD archive →U.S. Naval Observatory →Wolfram|Alpha →Wikidata →Google Books →JSTOR →Internet Archive →
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Astronomy
Computed via Cooper's formula. Positive declination = Sun north of the celestial equator (Northern Hemisphere summer).
On April 19 the Sun's declination is approximately +11.2°. At this latitude the Sun is north of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere longer days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a April 19.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- Patriots' Day (Massachusetts and Maine, observed on third Monday)
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
- 1775 — American Revolutionary War: the Battles of Lexington and Concord — "the shot heard round the world". ↗(251 years ago)
- 1897 — The first Boston Marathon was held. ↗(129 years ago)
- 1943 — The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began. ↗(83 years ago)
- 1995 — A truck bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168. ↗(31 years ago)
Notable births
Notable deaths
- 1882 — Charles Darwin, English naturalist. ↗(144 years ago)
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (110) | 2 × 5 × 11 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (256) | 2^8 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 19042026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | +11.22° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 62 days |