APR 19: EVENTS: *1928 – The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. *1948 – Burma joins the United Nations. *1950 – Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. *1954 – The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recognises Urdu and Bengali as the national languages of Pakistan. *1971 – Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station. *1975 – Indias first satellite, Aryabhata, is launched. *2011 – Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cubas central committee after 45 years of holding the title. BIRTHDAYS: *1897 – Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist *1957 – Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman DEATH ANNIVERSARIES: *1882 – Charles Darwin, English biologist and theorist *1906 – Pierre Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate *1955 – Jim Corbett, Indian conservationist, colonel, and author *1967 – Konrad Adenauer, German politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany *2013 – Sivanthi Adithan, Indian businessman IMPORTANT DAYS: *Beginning of the Independence Movement (Venezuela) *Bicycle Day *Dutch-American Friendship Day (United States) *National Health Day (Kiribati) *Primrose Day (United Kingdom)
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