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The Ruby Ridge incident was the The Waco Siege began in early , when a government raid on a compound in Axtell, Texas, led to a day standoff between federal agents and members of a millennial Christian sect called the Branch Davidians. The siege ended dramatically on April 19, , when fires consumed In April , the government of the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence from Yugoslavia.
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We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? MORE: Columbine survivor still battling invisible wounds 20 years on has a quest to help others. MORE: Columbine principal reflects on 'worst nightmare' 19 years after shooting. MORE: 19 years after school shooting, Columbine students join in nationwide walkout for gun control. Comments 0. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education settled the constitutional question and allowed the widespread implementation of busing, The first New York state constitution is formally adopted by the Convention of Representatives of the State of New York, meeting in the upstate town of Kingston, on April 20, The constitution began by declaring the possibility of reconciliation between Britain and its April 20, An explosion and fire aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, kills 11 people and triggers the largest offshore oil spill in American history.
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In , the Curies discovered the existence of the elements radium and polonium in their research of pitchblende. One year after Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. On April 20, , the Castro regime announces that all Cubans wishing to emigrate to the U.
The first of , Cuban refugees from Mariel reached Florida the next day. The boatlift On April 20, , Allied bombers in Italy begin a three-day attack on the bridges over the rivers Adige and Brenta to cut off German lines of retreat on the peninsula. Meanwhile, Adolf Hitler celebrates his 56th birthday as a Gestapo reign of terror results in the hanging of The Pentagon releases figures confirming that fragging incidents are on the rise.
In , such incidents caused the deaths of 34 men; in , 96 such incidents cost 34 men their lives.
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