April 19, 1993 in History

Event:

The Branch Davidian Compound near Waco, Texas, is destroyed in a fire after 51-day stand-off; 76 people die, including 24 British nationals and 20 children





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1995 Truck bomb at Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168
1994 Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation of police beating
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1972 Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1967 U.S. Surveyor III lands on Moon
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