Just a few random events from today in history.

Happy 4-19.

1775 - Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon.

1775 - Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world."

1861 - Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War).

1863 - Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia.

1864 - Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR: USS Kearsage vs CSS Alabama.

1933 - FDR announces US will leave gold standard.

1943 - -May 16] Revolt in Warsaw Ghetto under Mordechai Anielewicz.

1943 - Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto.

1943 - SS-lt-gen Jurgen Stoop leads destruction of ghetto of Warsaw.

1989 - Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.

1993 - Branch Davidians in Waco Texas commit suicide after 51 day siege. (Suicide? Really?!)

1995 - Truck bomb at Federal Building in Okla City, kills 168 & injures 500.