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On this day in history, at Mount Carmel in Waco, Texas, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) unleashed a tear-gas assault on founder and leader David Koresh and the Branch Davidian compound, ending a stressful 51-day stalemate between the federal government and an armed religious cult. 80 people died. April 19, 1993
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 