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Possible SN1054 sighting on 19 apr 1054
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Possible_SN1054_sighting_on_19_apr_1054_(vivid).png

On April 19, 1960 the very first X-ray image of the sun was taken using a pinhole camera on an Aerobee-Hi rocket.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/doi/10.1086/147479



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Cosmos 215 was launched April 19, 1968 and contained an X-ray experiment. Orbit characteristics: 261 × 426 km, at an inclination of 48.5°. The orbital period was ~ 91 minutes. It was intended primarily to perform solar studies, but did detect some non-solar X-ray events. It reentered the atmosphere on June 30, 1968. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_215

Salyut 1 (DOS-1) was the first space station of any kind, launched by the USSR on April 19, 1971. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t42378534/salyut-1/

Aryabhatta, India's first satellite, was launched by the Soviet Union on 19 April 1975 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t42378485/aryabhatta-satellite/

Salyut 7 (aka DOS-6) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48788198/salyut-7/

Space Shuttle STS-100 was launched in 2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-100

Bion-M No.1 was launched in 2013
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53404426/bion-m/



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James Cook reached the south-eastern coast of Australian in 1770
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t33774389/botany-bay/

Gertrude Bacon (April 19, 1874 - December 22, 1949) was an aeronautical pioneer. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Bacon

Dr. Eugene G. Fubini (1913 - 1997) was a defense policy maker of the Cold War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Fubini

Glenn Theodore Seaborg (April 19, 1912 - February 25, 1999) was an American scientist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_T._Seaborg

Lisa Marie Simpson first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Simpson

Grigory Abramovich Shajn (April 19, 1892 - August 4, 1956) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Shajn

Dr. Kimberly A. Weaver is an American astrophysics astronomer and professor. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50761076/kimberly-ann-weaver/

Brett J. Gladman (born April 19, 1966) is a Canadian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Gladman

Keith Mason (born 19 April 1951) is a British astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Mason_(scientist)

Marinus Vertregt (April 19, 1897 - May 1, 1973) was a Dutch astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinus_Vertregt

László Detre (April 19, 1906 - October 15, 1974) was a Hungarian astronomer well-known for his work on variable stars. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Detre_(astronomer)



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Soylent Green is a 1973 American science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53398488/soylent-green/



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NGC 3421 was discovered by Andrew Ainslie Common on the 19th April 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340177/ngc-3421/

NGC 4367 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 19th April 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340171/ngc-4367/

NGC 4523 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 19th April 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340164/ngc-4523/

NGC 4824 was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on the 19th April 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340148/ngc-4824/

NGC 4836 was discovered by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel on the 19th April 1882.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340133/ngc-4836/

NGC 4844 was discovered by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel on the 19th April 1882.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340124/ngc-4844/

NGC 4847 was discovered by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel on the 19th April 1882.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340112/ngc-4847/

NGC 4855 was discovered by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel on the 19th April 1882.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340103/ngc-4855/

NGC 4922 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 19th April 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340090/ngc-4922/

NGC 4949 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 19th April 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340081/ngc-4949/

NGC 5041 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 19th April 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340071/ngc-5041/

NGC 5081 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 19th April 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340063/ngc-5081/

NGC 5472 was discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 19th April 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340049/ngc-5472/

NGC 5524 was discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 19th April 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340037/ngc-5524/

NGC 5527 was discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 19th April 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340021/ngc-5527/

NGC 5931 was discovered by Lewis Swift on the 19th April 1887.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57340009/ngc-5931/

NGC 5940 was discovered by Lewis Swift on the 19th April 1887.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57339994/ngc-5940/

NGC 5941 was discovered by Lewis Swift on the 19th April 1887.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57339989/ngc-5941/

NGC 5942 was discovered by Lewis Swift on the 19th April 1887.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57339976/ngc-5942/

NGC 5944 was discovered by Lewis Swift on the 19th April 1887.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57339970/ngc-5944/

NGC 6179 was discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 19th April 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57339964/ngc-6179/



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Asteroid (110) Lydia was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on April 19, 1870
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110_Lydia

Asteroid (161) Athor was discovered by James Craig Watson on April 19, 1876 at the Detroit Observatory and named after Hathor, an Egyptian fertility goddess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/161_Athor

Asteroid (225) Henrietta was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 19, 1882, in Vienna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/225_Henrietta

The Kola fireball fell on April 19, 2014
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57345961/murmansk-meteor/



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Meteorites

The Borgo San Donino (LL6) meteorite fell in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on the 19th April, 1808.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48784566/borgo-san-donino-meteorite/

The Brient (Eucrite) meteorite fell in Orenburgskaya oblast', Russia, on the 19th April, 1933.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48784818/brient-meteorite/

The Waterbury meteorite had the same type of dark crust, magnetism, and interior colour as the Wolcott meteorite. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53648709/waterbury-meteorite/

The Wolcott Meteorite crashed through a roof of a Wolcott home, Connecticut in 2013 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53456751/wolcott-meteorite/



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