April 19 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for April 19
In the headlines today:

2000	131 people are killed when an Air Philippines Boeing 737 crashes in the southern Philippines.
1995	169 people are killed when the P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is destroyed by a car bomb planted by terrorist Timothy McVeigh.
1993	86 people die when the David Koresh-led Branch Dividian compound burns to the ground, ending a 51-day stalemate between the cult and federal BATF agents in Waco, TX.
1989	A gun turret explodes aboard the naval vessel USS Iowa, killing 47 of the crew.
1968	Cosmos 215 is launched to perform Russian astronomy studies.
1956	Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco.
1951		US Army General Douglas MacArthur makes a speech before Congress with this memorable line: "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." (photo credit: Lerner Publications)
1948	Burma and Myanmar join the United Nations.
1937	Spanish President Francisco Franco sets up his government on a one-party system.
1897	John McDermott of New York wins the first annual Boston Marathon.
1882	Naturalist Charles Darwin dies near London, England, at age 73.
1839	The Treaty of London is signed, making Belgium and Holland separate countries.
1824	Poet Lord Byron (George Gordon) dies in Greece of malaria at age 36.
1775	The battles of Concord and Lexington take place, beginning the American Revolution.