April 19
1775 The American Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington and Concord.
1897 The first Boston Marathon was run.
1900 The first Canadians ever to run the Boston Marathon were Jim Caffery, Bill Sherring and Frank Hughson. They placed first, second and third.
1903 Sir Oliver Mowat died in Toronto. He was Premier of Ontario from 1872 to 1896 and a father of Confederation.
1907 Tom Longboat, legendary Onondaga runner, won the Boston Marathon.
1933 The United States went off the gold standard.
April 20
1792 France declared war on Austria, marking the start of the French Revolutionary wars.
1902 Scientists Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium.
1907 Port Arthur and Fort William were incorporated as cities. They later merged to become Thunder Bay.
1941 Prime Minister Mackenzie King and US President Franklin D Roosevelt Signed the Hyde Park Declaration committing the two countries to joint defence and economic cooperation.
April 21
1785 Trial by jury was established in Upper Canada.
1821 The Bank of Canada was incorporated.
1838 John Muir, Scottish born American naturalist and conservationist, was born.
1910 Samuel Langhorne Clemens, author, better known as Mark Twain, died in Redding, Conn.
1918 Arthur Roy Brown, Canadian air ace is credited with shooting down the Red Baron, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, in WW I in 1918. He was born in Carleton Place in 1893.
1926 Queen Elizabeth II was born.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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