Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 19

Damage to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building before cleanup began.

Damage to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building before cleanup began.

On April 19:

• 1775 - American Revolutionary War began with Battle of Lexington and Concord.
• 1943 - German troops entered the Warsaw Ghetto to round up Jews.
• 1989 - A gun turret exploded on board the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
• 1995 - The Oklahoma City bombing killed 168 people, (at the time) the worst terrorist attack on United States soil.

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