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Old 04-17-2007, 12:41 AM
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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.
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Some of those events are a little creepy the way thy coincide. I'll never forget Columbine as long as I live... Now VTech either. Wow that hit home....
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Old 04-17-2007, 01:17 AM
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To be fair, didn't the Columbine kids choose the 20th on purpose?

But I bet if you take any five day stretch you could do the same.
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Old 04-17-2007, 03:20 AM
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To be fair, didn't the Columbine kids choose the 20th on purpose?

But I bet if you take any five day stretch you could do the same.
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Old 04-17-2007, 08:44 AM
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The final standoff between ATF and the Branch Davidians occurred on April 19, 1993. Remember, McVeigh deliberately chose that date.

Also, the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh this week as well. Not a major date in American history--but if we hadn't been so hands-off about Southeast Asia at that point, it's possible that there would have been Western intervention.
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Kennedy manufactured that war, at least the U.S. involvement
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Kennedy manufactured that war, at least the U.S. involvement
Can we not start on that today, please and thank you?
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Can we not start on that today, please and thank you?
well, since you asked so politely...
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