Fw: On This Day in History (April 19): Shot Heard Round the World and Mae West Corrupts the Morals of Youth
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On This Day in History
April 19
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? British explorer Captain first sights Australia. Writes in his log book that ¡°what we have as yet seen of this land appears rather low, and not very hilly, the face of the Country green and Woody, but the Sea shore is all a white Sand.¡±
| 'Battle on Lexington Green' as painted by William Barnes Wollen |
? American Revolution begins in Lexington, Massachusetts, with the "" fired later that day in Concord
? Oklahoma City bombing: sets a truck bomb at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168. including 19 children, and injuring 500
? resigns his position of First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba after 45 years in power
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Mae West, jailed on this day for obscenity, became one of the most successful sex symbols. Fans could not resist the offer: ¡®Come up and see me some time.¡¯
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