Wednesday, April 19, 2017

DAY 109 - This day in legal and military history

April 19
 

NATIONAL Garlic Day
 

NATIONAL Hanging Out Day
 

NATIONAL Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1775 The American Revolution begins as fighting breaks out at Lexington, Massachusetts
 

1933 The United States went off the gold standard by presidential proclamation
 

1939 Connecticut finally approves the Bill of Rights
 

1960 Baseball uniforms begin displaying player’s names on their backs

1977 Alex Haley receives a special Pulitzer Prize for his book Roots
 

1993 The FBI ends a 51-day siege by storming the Branch Davidian religious cult headquarters in Waco, Texas
 

1995 A truck bomb explodes in front of the federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people

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