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Good morning — it’s Sunday, April 19. We're kicking things off with some cool stuff today! Start of the American Revolution, the tragic Waco siege, psychedelic holiday, the first Boston Marathon, Fidel Castro hanging it up, and a whole lot more — quick and to the point!
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🚀 Time Machine
-1770
British explorer Captain James Cook first sighted Australia and noted in his log that the land seemed low and green, with a white sandy seashore.
-1775
The American Revolution began in Lexington, Massachusetts, with the "Shot Heard Round the World" fired later that day in Concord.
-1861
The first blood of the American Civil War was shed when a secessionist mob attacked Massachusetts troops in Baltimore. Four soldiers and 12 rioters died.
-1897
New Yorker John J. McDermott won the first Boston Marathon with a time of 2:55:10.
-1984
Dr. Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist, deliberately takes LSD for the first time.
-1993
FBI launches tear-gas attack on Branch Davidian in Waco, Texas, ending 51-day standoff. Nearly 80 Branch Davidians, including 22 kids, die when the compound burns down.
-1995
Timothy McVeigh bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, including 19 children, and injuring 500.
-2011
Fidel Castro resigned as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after 45 years in power.
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📸 Snapshot
Ostrich-drawn cart at Cawston Ostrich Farm, California, 1919
🗨️ Last Words
“A king should die standing.”