1775 - New England militiamen begin the siege of Boston‚ hemming in the British army garrison 1825 - 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay 1919 - French assembly decides on 8 hour work day 1928 - New York Yankees are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926 1956 - 1st MLB baseball game in New Jersey - Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies‚ 5-4‚ at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City 1993 - After a 51 day siege by the FBI 76 Branch Davidians die in a fire near Waco Texas (accident‚ suicide‚ tear gas are disputed causes) 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh sets a truck bomb at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building‚ killing 168. including 19 children‚ and injuring 500 2015 - Boat carrying approx. 850 migrants is shipwrecked in the Mediterranean between Italian and Libya‚ with only 27 migrants rescued. 2020 - UK COVID-19 death toll reaches 16‚060 (hospitals only)‚ as &;quot;The Sunday Times&;quot; criticizes Boris Johnson's government's response‚ saying they &;quot;sleepwalked into disaster&;quot; 2022 - US Biden administration restores climate impacts and community say to the National Environmental Policy Act‚ previously removed by Donald Trump More Historical Events »