A day like today: the ephemerides of April 19th

April 19, 2019

The 31st anniversary of Raúl Alfonsín's "house is in order" is over and Charles Darwin is dead. Also, why is Aboriginal and Cycling Day celebrated? All this and more happened on April 19th as today.

On April 19, 2005, after the death of John Paul II, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger he is elected Pope of the Catholic Church and adopts the name of Benedict XVI. He resigned from office in February 2013 and so Francisco badumed.

On April 19, 1987, Raúl Alfonsín pronounce the famous phrase: "The house is in order". After four days of maximum tension with the "Carapintadas", led by Aldo Rico's army, Alfonsin spoke in front of a crowd in Plaza de Mayo.

April 19, 1882 dies Charles Darwin, British naturalist, father of the theory of evolution and author of "The Origin of Species".

April 19, they are also born Roberto Carlos (1941), Brazilian singer and songwriter, and Luis Miguel (1970), Puerto Rican singer.

On April 19, 1966, he died Javier SolisMexican singer and actor, aka El Rey del "Bolero-Ranchera".

Why is Aboriginal Day celebrated?

Representatives from different countries and indigenous communities in America met on April 19 1940 at the first congress in Mexico, in order to share and update on the the realities experienced or suffered by these communities in their territories and cultures. There the Inter-American Indian Institute.

Every April 19th is celebrated on the day of San Expedito.

Every April 19, the World cycling day. The reason is curious: Albert Hofmann he conducted an experiment in which ingested 0.25 milligram of LSD to see its effects, and had to go home by bike.

The actress, model and singer has years Oriana Sabatini.

It is celebrated in Argentina National Police Day.

A day like today of 1979 was born Kate Hudson, American actress.

In 1987, the Russian tennis player was born Maria Sharapova