历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-19
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April 19th, 1995“From my office, the door right normal in it and there is nothing there any more, it's just, it's for me and these individuals, the building's gone.”In Oklahoma City, a truck bomb destroys the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The blast kills 168 people and wounds hundreds more. Timothy McVeigh is later convicted and executed for the bombing.
1775The American Revolution begins as colonial
militias1 in Massachusetts fight British troops at the Battles of Lexington and
Concord2.
2005Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany is elected pope, taking the name of Benedict XVI. He becomes head of Roman Catholic Church, just weeks after the death of Pope John Paul II.
1993A
fiery3 end to the 51-day siege of Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. Flames consume the structure after federal agents begin smashing their way inside. Religious leader David Koresh and dozens of his
followers4 die in the fire.
1956Oscar winning actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco and becomes Princess Grace.
2001“We can do it, oh, we can make our dreams come true...”
In New York, the Mel
Brooks5 musical “The Producers” staring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick opens on Broadway.
Today in History, April 19th, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
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