April 19
People born on this day are Aries.
- 1985
Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
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A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
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The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, US, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including 18 children under age 10, died in the fire.
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Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, US, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
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The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
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Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-100 carrying the Canadarm2 to the International Space Station.
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Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
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Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.
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Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.
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A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history.
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The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet.
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2007Ben Kindel, Canadian ice hockey player
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2003Jackson Merrill, American baseball player
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2002Loren Gray, American singer and internet personality
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2001Dalton Knecht, American basketball player
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2001PinkPantheress, British singer-songwriter and record producer
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1999Sebastian Kris, Australian-NewZealand rugby league player
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1991Kelly Olynyk, Canadian basketball player
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1990Jackie Bradley Jr., American baseball player
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1990Kim Chiu, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
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1989Simu Liu, Canadian actor
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1987Joe Hart, English footballer
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1987Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
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