Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Today in History: April 19th

Hello again gentle readers. Its time to pull on our shin guards of time and slide tackle history out of the game.


1770: Captain Cook sights Australia.


1770: Louis XVI marries Marie Antoinette.

1775: The American war of Independence begins with victories at Lexington and Concorde.


1956: Prince Rainier of Monaco marries Hollywood actress Grace Kelly.

1987: The Simpsons appear for the first time on American TV.

1993: The siege at Waco, Texas comes to a violent end.


1995: 168 people are killed after a bomb explodes in the Oklahoma Federal Building.

#australia #louisxvi #gracekelly #waco #oklahoma #thesimpsons #americanwarofindependence

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