1775CE
War
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War take place between American minutemen and British regular troops.
Daily Chronicle
April 19
3 Historical Records
1903CE
Birth
Eliot Ness Born
An American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to bring down Al Capone and enforce Prohibition in Chicago as the leader of "The Untouchables."
1995CE
Politics
Oklahoma City Bombing
A massive domestic terrorist truck bombing targets the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.