We were talking about this today, as a few of us have noticed the April 19 seems to be a watershed day in the United States history. I was just checking out
The History Channel and came up with a partial list. Has anyone else noticed this? Does anyone care to add something to this list?
April 15, most years - Income Tax due.
April 16, 1943 - Hallucinogenics effect of LSD discovered.
April 16, 2007 - Virginia Tech Massacre.
April 17, 1970 - Apollo 13 returns to earth.
April 18, 1775 - Paul Revere's Ride
April 18, 1906 - The Great San Francisco Earthquake, est. 2,000 killed.
April 19, 1776 - Battle of Concord/Lexington
April 19, 1995 - Timothy McVeigh & Terry Nichols detonate a bomb at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, killing at least 168 people.
April 20, 1889 - Birth of Adolph Hitler*
April 20, 1999 - Columbine High School Massacre
*Not American History, but does affect it.