A bit of April 19th history…
1770 - British explorer Captain James Cook first sights Australia
1775 - American Revolution begins in Lexington, Massachusetts. “The Shot Heard Round the World” happened in Concord later this day
1927 - Mae West found guilty of “obscenity and corrupting the morals of youth” in a NY play called “Sex”; she was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined $500 dollars - this launched her Hollywood career
1932 - President Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week
1982 - Sally Ride is 1st American Woman astronaut
1993 - After 51 day siege by FBI, 76 Branch Davidians die in a fire near Waco, TX
1995 - Oklahoma City Bombing, Timothy McVeigh sets a truck bomb at Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 and injuring 500 (pictured)
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