Not A Pick Me Up: Remembering April American Tragedies

April 15, 1912 - Sinking of the Titanic which killed 1,514

April 16, 1947 - Explosions at Texas City killed at least 581

April 4, 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr assassinated/

April 19, 1993 - 76 people die in Waco at the Branch Davidian compound.

April 19, 1995 - Oklahoma City bombings killed 168 people.

April 20, 1999 - Two seniors at Columbine High School shot and killed 12 students and one teacher.

April 16, 2007 - A senior at Virginia Tech shot and killed 32 people and hurt 17 others.

April 15, 2013 - Boston Marathon bombing which killed three people and injured over 250 others.

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April 2, 2014 - Second Fort Hood shooting

April 17, 2014 2013 - West, Texas explosion killed 15.

April 10, 1979 - Wichita Falls tornadoes killed 54.