This Day in History

Gravdigr · 04-19-2016, 02:25 PM

April 19, 1770

Lt. James Cook sights the east of coast of what would become known as Australia.

1951

Gen. Douglas MacArthur retires from the military.

1971

Charles Manson is sentencd to death fro the Tate-LaBianca murders.

1985

ATF and FBI agents lay siege to The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in Arkansas. The CSA surrenders two days later.

1987

The Simpsons premieres as a short on The Tracey Ullman Show.

1989

A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47.

1993

The 51 day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas ends when fire breaks out in one of the buildings. 81 are killed.

South Dakota governor George Mickelson is killed, along with seven others, when a state-owned plane crashes near Dubuque, Iowa.

1995

The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is bombed, killing 168 people.

1997

Fire breaks out in Grand Forks, North Dakota, which is inundated by the Red River Flood. Eleven buildings are destroyed.

2011

Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, a title he'd held since July 1961.

2013

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police.

Births

Ole Evinrude-1877; Eliot Ness-1903; Jack Roush-1942; Tim Curry-1946; Ashley Judd-1968; Jesse James (bike builder)-1969

Deaths

Lord Byron-1824; Charles Darwin-1882; Pierre Curie-1906; Jim Corbett-1955; David Koresh, George Mickelson-1993; Ruth Hussey-2005; Allan Arbus (Dr. Sidney Freedman on MASH), Al Neuharth, Tamerlan Tsarnaev-2013; Freddie Gray-2015

04-19-2016, 02:25 PM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	April 19, 1770 Lt. James Cook sights the east of coast of what would become known as Australia. 1951 Gen. Douglas MacArthur retires from the military. 1971 Charles Manson is sentencd to death fro the Tate-LaBianca murders. 1985 ATF and FBI agents lay siege to The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in Arkansas. The CSA surrenders two days later. 1987 The Simpsons premieres as a short on The Tracey Ullman Show. 1989 A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47. 1993 The 51 day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas ends when fire breaks out in one of the buildings. 81 are killed. South Dakota governor George Mickelson is killed, along with seven others, when a state-owned plane crashes near Dubuque, Iowa. 1995 The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is bombed, killing 168 people. 1997 Fire breaks out in Grand Forks, North Dakota, which is inundated by the Red River Flood. Eleven buildings are destroyed. 2011 Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, a title he'd held since July 1961. 2013 Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. Births Ole Evinrude-1877; Eliot Ness-1903; Jack Roush-1942; Tim Curry-1946; Ashley Judd-1968; Jesse James (bike builder)-1969 Deaths Lord Byron-1824; Charles Darwin-1882; Pierre Curie-1906; Jim Corbett-1955; David Koresh, George Mickelson-1993; Ruth Hussey-2005; Allan Arbus (Dr. Sidney Freedman on MASH), Al Neuharth, Tamerlan Tsarnaev-2013; Freddie Gray-2015 __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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