^B{^#!16!19 April^N! Feast day of St Leo IX, pope, St Alphege, St Geroldus, and St Expeditus
^B{1587^B} In the incident known as 'singeing the King of Spain's beard', English navigator Francis Drake sank the Spanish fleet in Cadiz harbor. ^B{1775^B} The first battle in the Revolutionary War took place at Lexington, Massachusetts. ^B{1951^B} The first 'Miss World' contest was held in London, UK; it was won by a Swedish contestant. ^B{1958^B} Footballer Bobby Charlton played his first international match for England. ^B{1956^B} US film actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco. ^B{1961^B} The so-called Bay of Pigs invasion by Cuban exiles failed to overthrow President Fidel Castro. ^B{1972^B} Bangladesh joined the Commonwealth.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}David Ricardo, English economist, ^B{1772^B}; Richard Hughes, English novelist, ^B{1900^B}; Jayne Mansfield, US film actress, ^B{1933^B}; Dudley Moore, English-born comedy film actor, ^B{1935^B}; Murray Perahia, US pianist and conductor, ^B{1947^B}; Trevor Francis, English footballer, ^B{1954^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Paolo Veronese, Italian painter, ^B{1588^B}; George Gordon Byron, English poet, died of malaria on his way to fight for Greek independence, ^B{1824^B}; Benjamin Disraeli, British politician and novelist, ^B{1881^B}; Charles Darwin, English biologist who developed the theory of evolution, ^B{1882^B}; Pierre Curie, French chemist and physicist, ^B{1906^B}; Konrad Adenauer, German politician, ^B{1967^B}.
