Video: 'Memory of the Camps (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
(liberation at 51:26)
(Thursday, April 19, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — Leipzig-Thekla, a subcamp of the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Leipzig, Germany, was liberated today by the U.S. 69th Infantry Division.
The camp had been established in September 1943 to supply labor for the German war effort. At its height, Leipzig-Thekla held approximately 1,400 prisoners.
Video: 'How OKC bombing unfolded on live TV 20 years ago'
(Wednesday, April 19, 1995, 9:02 am CDT) — A truck bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City this morning, killing 168 people and leaving another 680 people injured. Continue reading 168 people killed in Oklahoma City bombing 30 years ago this hour (Apr 19 1995)
Video: '1010 WINS Flips From Top 40 Music To All-News - April 18/19, 1965'
(Monday, April 19, 1965, 5:30 a.m. EST) — New York City radio station WINS-AM shut off the rock music (its last record was the Shangri-Las’ “Out in the Streets”) and switched to an all-news format, which continues to this day, making it America’s oldest all-news broadcaster. Continue reading New York City radio station WINS-AM launches all-news format 60 years ago this hour (Apr 19 1965)
Video: 'The Revolution: Boston Bloody Boston' (first shot fired at 34:50)
(Wednesday, April 19, 1775, approximately 5:00 a.m. local time; during the American Revolutionary War, part of the American Revolution) — The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War began today with the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. Continue reading American Revolutionary War begins with battles of Lexington and Concord 250 years ago this hour (Apr 19 1775)
