On This Day, April 19: Oklahoma City bombing kills 168

On April 19, various historical events took place, including the start of the American Revolutionary War in 1775 at the Battle of Lexington. In 1912, Col. Archibald Gracie shared his experience surviving the sinking Titanic. The Warsaw ghetto uprising against deportations to Treblinka occurred in 1943. Actress Grace Kelly wed Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956. The Soviet Union launched its first Salyut space station in 1971. The first Simpsons cartoon aired in 1987. Tragedies like the USS Iowa explosion and the Central Park assault happened in 1989. The Oklahoma City bombing occurred in 1995, killing 168 people. In 2000, a court ruling allowed Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez to stay in the U.S. temporarily. German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. The Boston Marathon bombing suspects incident took place in 2013. In 2018, Miguel Diaz-Canel became the president of Cuba. NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter flew on Mars in 2021. Taylor Swift released her 11th album in 2024 amidst her successful tour.