April 19

Events

• 1882: The Peloponnesus railroad - a brain child of PM Charilaos Trikoupis - begins operations
• 1961: Manos Hadjidakis receives an Oscar for the score of the film "Never on a Sunday"
• 2002: My Big Fat Greek Wedding is first released in the USA.

Sports

• 1920: Petros Trivoulidas wins the 24th Boston Marathon.

Births

• 1972: Rivaldo, football player.

Deaths

• 1824: Lord Byron
• 2016: Gerasimos Arsenis, politician.