1) On April 19, 1960, the Boston Patriots (now New England Patriots) joined the American Football League as a charter member.

2) On April 19, 1861, the first blood of the American Civil War was shed when a secessionist mob in Baltimore attacked Massachusetts troops bound for Washington, D.C. Four soldiers and 12 rioters were killed.

3) On April 19, 1775, a clash between colonists and British troops at Lexington Green and Old North Bridge in Concord, MA became known as the "shot heard round the world."

4) On April 19, 1897, John J. McDermott of New York, emerged from a 15-member starting field and captured the first Boston Athletic Association Marathon, the "race heard round the world."