Here are 5 interesting facts about April 19 in California history:

1. In 1906, the devastating San Francisco earthquake struck at 5:12 am, killing thousands of people and causing widespread destruction. The quake had a magnitude of 7.8 and was followed by massive fires that burned for several days.

2. The first California state lottery was drawn on April 19, 1986. Thousands of people lined up to purchase tickets, and the lottery raised millions of dollars for education and other public services.

3. In 1775, the first shots of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington and Concord. Although this event did not occur in California, it eventually led to the establishment of the United States, which would include California as a state.

4. On April 19, 1943, Albert Hofmann discovered the psychedelic effects of LSD while working in a laboratory in Switzerland. LSD would later become a popular drug among the counterculture movement in the 1960s, including in California.

5. In 1995, a massive truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring hundreds more. One of the victims was a former California resident, Susan Ferrell.