41st year - Nº 110 Monday, 20 April 2026

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41st year - Nº 110 Monday, 20 April 2026

20 April / Today's 40 Events:

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(-) 712 years ago Lightning Struck Friday 20th of April 1314 195th Pope Clemens V, originally Raymond Bertrand de Got dies of unknown causes at the age of 50 in Roquemaure, Gard, France. According to one story while Pope Clemens V's body was lying in state a thunderstorm developed during the night and lightning struck the church where his body lay, igniting the building. The fire was so intense that when it was extinguished, the body of Pope Clement V was almost destroyed.

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(+) 137 years ago Saturday 20th of April 1889 Führer and Reichskanzler of Germany Adolf Hitler is born in Salzburger Vorstadt 15, Braunau am Inn, Oberösterreich, Austria.

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(+) 133 years ago Thursday 20th of April 1893 Artist Joan Miró, originally Joan Miró i Ferrà is born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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(+) 133 years ago His Safety Came First Thursday 20th of April 1893 Actor, film director and stunt performer Harold Clayton Lloyd is born in Burchard, Nebraska, United States.

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(x) 118 years ago Monday 20th of April 1908 17-year-old Serial killer, rapist, arsonist and burglar Carl Panzram aka A Journal of Murder is court-martialed for stealing government-property and is sentenced to 3 years imprisonment in United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.

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(+) 118 years ago Monday 20th of April 1908 Musician and bandleader Lionel Leo Hampton aka Gates aka Hamp is born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

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(-) 114 years ago Saturday 20th of April 1912 Writer Bram Abraham Stoker known for his novel Dracula dies of tertiary syphilis at the age of 65 in 26 St George's Square, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Stoker suffered a number of strokes before his death.

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(-) 109 years ago He Was for Dinner Friday 20th of April 1917 50-year-old Geographer, artillery officer, cartographer, archaeologist and explorer of South America Percy Percival Harrison Fawcett leaves on his final expedition from Cuiabá with his eldest son Jack, Raleigh Rimell and two Brazilian labourers, two horses, eight mules, and a pair of dogs in Dead Horse Camp, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Fawcett and his companions were probably killed and eaten by the Kalapolos Indians.

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(-) 102 years ago Sunday 20th of April 1924 Kaspar Hubalek is killed, cut to pieces and eaten by serial killer and cannibal Karl Denke aka Papa Denke in Teichstraße 10, Münsterberg, Niederschlesien, Germany. Hubalek was Denke's last known victim.

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(-) 98 years ago Friday 20th of April 1928 Murderer James Willos is executed by hanging at the age of 27 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

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(-) 98 years ago Friday 20th of April 1928 Murderer Ellsworth Kelley is executed by hanging at the age of 29 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

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(-) 94 years ago Wednesday 20th of April 1932 Mathematician and glottologist Giuseppe Peano known for the Peano Curve dies of a heart attack at the age of 74 in Torino, Piedmontese, Italy.

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(+) 86 years ago He Was Saturday 20th of April 1940 Writer and painter Jan Cremer known for his novel ‘Ik, Jan Cremer’ is born in Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands.

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(+) 83 years ago Tuesday 20th of April 1943 Heiress, socialite, actress, and fashion model Edie Edith Minturn Sedgwick aka The Girl of the Year is born in Santa Barbara, California, United States.

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(+) 77 years ago Wednesday 20th of April 1949 Actress Jessica Phyllis Lange is born in Cloquet, Minnesota, United States.

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(+) 73 years ago He Was Off Black Monday 20th of April 1953 Musician James Chance, originally James Siegfried aka James White is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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(-) 72 years ago Tuesday 20th of April 1954 Celina Debonny is beaten to death by serial killer Nestor Pirotte aka Le Tueur Fou in Septon, Luxembourg, Belgium.

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(x) 68 years ago Sunday 20th of April 1958 23-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker marries Elisabeth ‘Betty’ Baumgard in Elkton, Maryland, United States.

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(x) 61 years ago Tuesday 20th of April 1965 38-year-old Serial killer Harvey Louis Carignan aka The Want-Ad Killer aka Harv the Hammer is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for burglary in Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, Washington, United States.

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(x) 61 years ago Tuesday 20th of April 1965 Gangster Ronald Kray aka Ronnie Kray is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for burglary in St. James's Church, Saint James's Avenue, Bethnal Green, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 59 years ago Thursday 20th of April 1967 126 die in Globe Air Bristol Britannia 313 crash into a mountain in . Two German (Christa Blümel and Peter Femfert) and two Swiss (Veronika Gysin and Nicolas Pulver) passengers survived

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(x) 58 years ago Saturday 20th of April 1968 123 die in SuidAfrikaanse Lugdiens Boeing 707 Flight 228 crash in Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia. The plane just took off from Strijdom International Airport. Subsequent investigation determined that the accident was attributable to pilot error.

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(x) 56 years ago Monday 20th of April 1970 Unidentified serial killer the Zodiac Killer sends a diagram how to blow up a schoolbus to the San Francisco Chronicle in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(x) 54 years ago His Penis Was Found the Next Day Thursday 20th of April 1972 Jimmy Wallace is stabbed and his penis cut off by unidentified serial killer Charlie Chop-off in New York City, New York, United States. Wallace survived, his penis was found the next day while some kids were playing with it.

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(x) 48 years ago Thursday 20th of April 1978 49-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate escapes from the St. Paul mental hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

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(x) 46 years ago Sunday 20th of April 1980 26-year-old Double murderer James David Autry aka Cowboy shoots a 43 year old convenience store clerk Shirley Drouet between the eyes with a .38 caliber pistol causing her death in Port Arthur, Texas, United States. Autry had been arguing with her about the price of a six pack of beer. Two witnesses were also shot in the head. 43 year old Joe Broussard, a former Roman Catholic priest, who died instantly, and Anthanasios Svarnas, a Greek seaman who survived the gunshot with serious injuries.

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(-) 42 years ago Friday 20th of April 1984 Caecili Hidde is strangled by serial killer Waldemar Stepinski aka The Doorbell Killer in Neukölln, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(x) 40 years ago Sunday 20th of April 1986 Near 500 die in Atlas Star ferry sinking in Munshiganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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(x) 38 years ago Wednesday 20th of April 1988 Albrecht Dürer's 'Lamentation for Christ', 'Paumgartner Altar' and 'Mater Dolarosa' are attacked with acid by 51-year-old Serial art vandal Hans-Joachim Bohlmann in Alte Pinakothek, München, Bayern, Germany.

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(-) 35 years ago Saturday 20th of April 1991 Musician Steve Stephen Peter Marriott known from the Small Faces dies in a fire due to smoking in bed while falling asleep at his 16th century thatched cottage at the age of 44 in Arkesden, Essex, United Kingdom. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death by smoke inhalation was recorded. Marriott's blood was found to contain quantities of Valium, alcohol and cocaine.

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(-) 34 years ago He Was Watching Television Monday 20th of April 1992 Comedian and actor Benny Alfred Hawthorne Hill known for The Benny Hill Show dies of coronary thrombosis at the age of 68 in Fairwater House Flat 7, 34 Twickenham Road, Teddington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. On 22 April, after several days of unanswered telephone calls, his producer Dennis Kirkland climbed a ladder to the window of Hill's second-floor flat and upon seeing the body through a window had the neighbours call the police. The police broke into the flat and found Hill dead sitting in his armchair in front of the television.

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(x) 32 years ago Wednesday 20th of April 1994 start of the trial against 44-year-old Serial killer Jack Johann Unterweger aka Jack the Writer aka Der Häfenpoet aka The Pug Dumper for nine murders in Graz, Steiermark, Austria.

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(x) 28 years ago Monday 20th of April 1998 die Rote Armee Fraktion aka Baader-Meinhof Gruppe send an eight page fax to Reuters declaring the dissolving of the group in London, Greater London, United Kingdom. "Vor fast 28 Jahren, am 14. Mai 1970, entstand in einer Befreiungsaktion die RAF. Heute beenden wir dieses Projekt. Die Stadtguerrilla in Form der RAF ist nun Geschichte."

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(-) 28 years ago Monday 20th of April 1998 Giuseppe Mileto is robbed and shot dead by serial killer Donato Bilancia aka Il Mostro della Liguria in Conioli Sud service area, Arma di Taggia, Liguria, Italy.

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(-) 27 years ago Tuesday 20th of April 1999 School shooter Dylan Bennet Klebold known for the Columbine High School massacre commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 18 in Columbine High School, Columbine, Colorado, United States. With Eric Harris he killed 12 students and one teacher in the Columbine High School Massacre. Klebold was equipped with a 9×19mm Intratec TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun with one 52-, one 32-, and one 28-round magazine and a 12-gauge Stevens 311D double-barreled sawed-off shotgun.

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(-) 27 years ago Tuesday 20th of April 1999 Mass murderer Eric David Harris aka The Columbine High School Killer commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 18 in Columbine High School, Columbine, Colorado, United States. With Dylan Klebold he killed 12 students and one teacher in the Columbine High School Massacre. Harris was equipped with a 12-gauge Savage-Springfield 67H pump-action shotgun (which he discharged a total of 25 times) and a Hi-Point 995 Carbine 9 mm carbine with thirteen 10-round magazines (which he fired a total of 96 times).

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(-) 22 years ago She Had a Tumour Tuesday 20th of April 2004 Musician Lizzy Martine-Elisabeth Mercier Descloux dies of cancer at the age of 48 in Saint-Florent, Corsica, France.

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(-) 21 years ago He'd Been Hanging Around the Popsicle Stand Too Long Wednesday 20th of April 2005 Murderer Douglas Alan Roberts is executed by lethal injection at the age of 43 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Roberts' last meal request was for three Southern fried chicken breasts, two bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches, three enchiladas, ground beef, two grilled pork chops, six corn tortillas, four deviled eggs, 12 green olives with Italian ketchup, butter beans and cabbage seasoned with hambone, broccoli with cheese sauce, fried onion rings, french fries, tomato, lettuce, cheese, picante sauce, onions and jalapenos. His last words were: "I've been hanging around this popsicle stand way too long, I want to tell you all. When I die, bury me d eep, lay two speakers at my feet, put some headphones on my head and rock 'n' roll me when I'm dead. I'll see you in heaven some day."

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21 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 20th of April 2005 Semi-automated vending modes on a market in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia.

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8 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 20th of April 2018 A worn out signpost in Villers-Sainte-Gertrude, Luxembourg, Belgium.

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41st year - Nº 109 Sunday, 19 April 2026

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41st year - Nº 109 Sunday, 19 April 2026

19 April / Today's 31 Events:

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(-) 972 years ago Wednesday 19th of April 1054 152nd Pope Leo IX, originally Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg dies of unknown causes at the age of 52 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 337 years ago Tuesday 19th of April 1689 Queen of Sweden Kristina Augusta dies of a lung bleeding at the age of 63 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 202 years ago Monday 19th of April 1824 Poet George Gordon Byron aka Lord Byron dies of violent fever due to sepsis at the age of 36 in Missolonghi, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece.

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(-) 148 years ago Friday 19th of April 1878 Murderer Samu Steenburgh is executed by hanging at the age of 45 in Fonda, New York, United States.

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(-) 144 years ago He Was not the Least Afraid of Death Wednesday 19th of April 1882 Naturalist, geologist and evolutionary theorist Charles Robert Darwin dies of coronary thrombosis at the age of 73 in Down House, Downe, Greater London, United Kingdom. Darwin's last words were "I am not the least afraid of death".

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(+) 123 years ago He Was Very Touchable Sunday 19th of April 1903 American Prohibition agent Eliot Ness known for his legendary team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 120 years ago Thursday 19th of April 1906 Magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity pioneer Pierre Curie has his skull crushed by a horse drawn cart as he slipped in the street at the age of 47 in Rue Dauphine, VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 99 years ago She Behaved Bad and Good Tuesday 19th of April 1927 34-year-old Actress, singer and sex symbol Mae Mary Jane West is sentenced to 10 days imprisonment for obscenity during her play 'Sex' in New York City, New York, United States. West got out of jail two days early due to good behaviour.

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(-) 98 years ago It Was a Beautiful World Thursday 19th of April 1928 Bootlegger and murderer Charles Charlie Birger, originally Shachna Itzak Birger is executed by hanging at the age of 47 in Benton, Illinois, United States. Birger shook hands with the 'humane hangman' Philip Hanna and his final words were "It's a beautiful world."

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(+) 93 years ago Wednesday 19th of April 1933 Actress Jayne Mansfield, originally Vera Jayne Palmer aka The Working Man's Monroe is born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(+) 84 years ago He Was not Too Sad Yet Sunday 19th of April 1942 Artist Bas Jan Bastiaan Johan Christiaan Ader is born in Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands.

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(+) 77 years ago Tuesday 19th of April 1949 Fashion designer Paloma Picasso, originally Anne Paloma Ruiz-Picasso y Gilot is born in Vallauris, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(+) 77 years ago There Were no Balloons Tuesday 19th of April 1949 Truck driver Larry Lawrence Richard Walters aka Lawnchair Larry aka The Lawn Chair Pilot is born in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(x) 63 years ago Friday 19th of April 1963 38-year-old Satan worshipper and serial rapist Edward John Louis Paisnel aka The Beast of Jersey assaults an unidentified 9-year-old boy in Saint Saviour, Jersey, United Kingdom.

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(x) 60 years ago Tuesday 19th of April 1966 Start of the trial against Serial killers the Moors Murderers aka Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in Chester Crown Court, Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom.

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(x) 59 years ago Wednesday 19th of April 1967 42-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl performs 'Aktion nr. 42 / Aktion für das Österreichische Fernsehen' in Perinetkeller, Perinetgasse 1, Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(-) 59 years ago There Was Nothing to Weep About Wednesday 19th of April 1967 First Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer dies of pneumonia at the age of 91 in Rhöndorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Adenauer's last words were "Da jitt et nix zo kriesche!" (Cologne dialect for "There's nothin' to weep about!")

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(-) 56 years ago He Carried His Left Ear Sunday 19th of April 1970 Designer Robert Salem is killed mutilated by an unidentified Zodiac copycat-killer at the age of 40 in 745 Stevenson Street, San Francisco, California, United States. "The 40 year old designer of lamps had been repeatedly stabbed with a long-bladed knife. The killer had apparently tried to decapitate his victim and when that failed he cut off Salem's left ear, carrying it away with him when he fled. There was also this bizarre touch: scrawled on the wall in Salem's blood, were the words "Satan Saves."  The killer then in larger letters wrote "Zodiac" and drew a strange symbol resembling a crucified man. The same symbol had been drawn on Salem's stomach".

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(x) 55 years ago Monday 19th of April 1971 37-year-old Family leader Charles Milles Manson, originally no name Maddox known for conspiracy to murder Sharon Tate is sentenced to death for the Tate/LaBianca murders in Los Angeles, California, United States. Along with Manson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten were also sentenced to death.

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(x) 49 years ago He Told Sam to Shut up Harvey Tuesday 19th of April 1977 24-year-old Serial killer David Richard Berkowitz, originally Richard David Falco aka Son of Sam mails a second threatening letter to his neighbour Sam Carr to shut up his dog Harvey in 35 Pine Street, Yonkers, New York, United States.

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(x) 40 years ago Saturday 19th of April 1986 Noise music band Club Moral perform the 19 Keys as 53rd concert in Leguit 19, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 37 years ago Wednesday 19th of April 1989 Writer and playwright Daphne du Maurier dies of natural causes at the age of 82 in Fowey, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

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(-) 34 years ago Sunday 19th of April 1992 Kristen Dawn French is abducted, sexually assaulted and asphyxiated by serial killer Paul Bernardo aka The Scarborough Rapist aka The Schoolgirl Killer in Holy Cross Secondary School, 460 Linwell Road, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. French was held in captivity for three days during which Bernardo and Homolka videotaped themselves torturing and subjecting the 15-year-old to sexual humiliation and degradation while forcing her to drink large amounts of alcohol. French's naked body was found in a ditch along No. 1 Sideroad in north Burlington on 30 April 1992.

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(-) 33 years ago He Was Totally Waco Monday 19th of April 1993 Leader of the Branch Davidians religious sect David Koresh, originally Vernon Wayne Howell dies of a gunshot wound to the head during the course of the final FBI advance in which the Branch Davidians were to be removed from their compound by force at the age of 34 in Mount Carmel Center, Waco, Texas, United States. The siege began on 28 February when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided Mount Carmel Center and ended when the FBI set the building on fire. Koresh and 79 others were found dead after the conflagration.

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(x) 31 years ago Wednesday 19th of April 1995 27-year-old Terrorist Timothy James 'Tim' McVeigh aka The Oklahoma City Bomber drives a rented Ryder truck with an ANNM explosive device mounted in the back in front of the building in Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, 200 Northwest 5th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. The explosion killed 186 people and injured more than 680 others, and destroyed one-third of the building. The blast destroyed or damaged 324 other buildings within a 16-block radius, shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings, and destroyed or burned 86 cars, causing an estimated 652 million dollars worth of damage. The bomb consisted of about 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) of ammonium nitrate and nitromethane.

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(-) 27 years ago Monday 19th of April 1999 Multiple murderer Yuhui Li is executed by the firing squad at the age of 47 in Shantou, Guangdong, China.

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(-) 26 years ago Wednesday 19th of April 2000 Child killer Robert Glen Coe is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Coe's last meal request was for fried catfish, white beans, hush puppies, coleslaw, french fries, pecan pie and sweet tea.

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(-) 17 years ago Sunday 19th of April 2009 Writer James Graham Ballard dies of prostate cancer at the age of 79 in Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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16 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 19th of April 2010 The Hole I was 'Diggin' for Gordon' seen from the bottom up in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 6 years ago Sunday 19th of April 2020 Spree killer Gabriel Wortman is shot dead by police at the age of 51 in Irving Oil Big Stop, Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada. In about 12 hours Wortman killed at least 18 people including a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer and injured at least two.

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(-) 2 years ago Friday 19th of April 2024 Philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Clement Dennett dies of interstitial lung disease at the age of 82 in Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall Street, Portland, Maine, United States.

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