Event:
The Branch Davidian Compound near Waco, Texas, is destroyed in a fire after 51-day stand-off; 76 people die, including 24 British nationals and 20 children
More Notable Events on April 19:
1995 Truck bomb at Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168
1994 Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation of police beating
1987 Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed record, 124.9 mph
1972 Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1967 U.S. Surveyor III lands on Moon
