Today is Friday, April 19, the 109th day of 2013. There are 256 days left in the year.
1770 ― Captain James Cook first sees Australia
1897 ― First Boston Marathon won by John McDermott of New York in 2:55:10
1910 ― Halley’s comet seen by naked eye first time this trip (Curacao)
1919 ― French assembly decides on eight-hour workday
1941 ― Bertolt Brecht’s “Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder,” premieres in Zurich
1948 ― Chiang Kai-shek elected president of nationalist China
1951 ― General Douglas MacArthur ends his military career
1956 ― U.S. actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco’s Prince Rainier III (civil ceremony)
1967 ― Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)
1984 ― Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs, first appears in print (Nature magazine)