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Thread ID: 78559	2007-04-20 05:17:00	Another April 20th........	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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542641	2007-04-20 05:17:00	Since tomorrow (US) is April 20th and the Columbine anniversary, and Hitler's birthday and there are gonna be a lot of copycat acts going on, I thought I'd Google the date to see what it is that else makes this date so special . . . so: Tomorrow, (US) is the anniversary of the Columbine Massacre, and MIGHT be another day of infamy . Thinking April 20th might have some special significance, I Googled it to see: April 20, 2005 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan suffers a 5 . 8 magnitude earthquake April 20, 1997 "Gin Game," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 144 performances April 20, 1997 "Present Laughter," closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City April 20, 1997 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader April 20, 1997 27th Easter Seal Telethon raises $47,392,682 April 20, 1997 58th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin April 20, 1997 Cubs beat New York Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games April 20, 1997 Karrie Webb wins LPGA Susan G Komen International April 20, 1997 Myrtle Beach LPGA Classic April 20, 1997 Nick Price wins golf MCI Classic April 20, 1997 PGA Seniors Championship April 20, 1997 Mark McGwire, is 4th to HR on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, and Cecil Fielder) April 20, 1996 Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season April 20, 1994 Danny Harold Rolling, sentenced to death in Florida, for killing 5 April 20, 1994 Serbian army bombs hospital in Goradze Bosnia, 47 killed April 20, 1994 Sohail and Inzamam make world record ODI partnership of 263 April 20, 1994 Space shuttle STS-59 (Endeavour 6), lands April 20, 1993 Uranus passes Neptune (once every 171 years) April 20, 1992 100th episode of "Murphy Brown" airs April 20, 1992 21st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43 April 20, 1992 96th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:14 April 20, 1992 All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium April 20, 1992 Expo '92 opens in Seville Spain April 20, 1992 Joan Lunden, breaks her left shoulder after being thrown from a horse April 20, 1992 Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner April 20, 1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Odense Teater, Odense April 20, 1991 1st non stop flight Schiphol-Flamingo airport Bonaire April 20, 1991 Mark Lenzi is 1st diver to score 100 pts on a dive (101 . 85) April 20, 1991 Raghib "Rocket" Ismael signs with Toronto Argonauts for $26 . 2 million April 20, 1990 Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income April 20, 1990 8 2/3 inning perfect game pitched by Brian Holman of Oakland A's is spoiled by a home run hit by Ken Philips April 20, 1988 Baltimore Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21) April 20, 1988 New Jersey Devils 1st playoff hat trick-Eric Broten April 20, 1988 U . S . accuses Renamo of killing 100,000 Mozambiquians April 20, 1988 Yanks HR 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001 (J Clarke) April 20, 1987 16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21 April 20, 1987 91st Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:11:50 April 20, 1987 Sri Lanka: Tamils shoot 122 Singalezen dead April 20, 1987 U . S . deports Karl Linnas, charged with nazi war crimes, to U . S . S . R . April 20, 1986 "Jerry's Girls" closes at St . James Theater New York City after 139 performances April 20, 1986 Michael Johnson sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game April 20, 1986 U . S . performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 20, 1986 Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland April 20, 1985 Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12) April 20, 1985 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams April 20, 1985 Karyn Marshall of New York City lifted 303 lbs in a clean and jerk lift April 20, 1984 Russian offensive in Panshirvallei Afghanistan April 20, 1983 President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security April 20, 1983 Rangers 2-Isles 7-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 3-2 lead April 20, 1983 Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock April 20, 1982 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season April 20, 1981 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of NZ in 2:26:46 April 20, 1981 85th Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:09:26 April 20, 1981 Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs April 20, 1981 Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession April 20, 1980 Cubans begin to arrive in U . S . from Mariel boatlift April 20, 1980 Donna White wins LPGA Florida "Lady Citrus" Golf Tournament April 20, 1978 Korean Airlines flight 007 shot down by Soviets in Russian airspace April 20, 1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on NH licenses April 20, 1977 Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premieres April 20, 1976 George Harrison sings lumberjack song with Monty Python April 20, 1975 29th Tony Awards: Equus and Wiz win April 20, 1975 4th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer April 20, 1975 Penguins 1-Isles 3-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-1 lead April 20, 1974 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" April 20, 1973 Canadian ANIK A2 becomes 1st commercial satellite in orbit April 20, 1972 Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2 April 20, 1972 Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket April 20, 1971 Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun" April 20, 1971 U . S . Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation April 20, 1970 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30 April 20, 1970 Bruno Kreisky becomes 1st socialist chancellor of Austria April 20, 1970 Ron Hill's 2:10:30 at Boston, sets new U . S . marathon record April 20, 1969 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope and 1776 win April 20, 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open April 20, 1968 Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM April 20, 1968 South Africa Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed April 20, 1967 French author Regis Debray caught in Bolivia April 20, 1967 New York Met Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1 April 20, 1967 U . S . planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War April 20, 1967 U . S . S . R . performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U . S . S . R . April 20, 1966 WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, D . C . (IND) begins broadcasting April 20, 1965 People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid April 20, 1964 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belg in 2:19:59 April 20, 1964 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools April 20, 1963 "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 8 performances April 20, 1963 All Africa Conferences of Churches opens in Kampala Uganda April 20, 1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m April 20, 1962 New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North April 20, 1962 OAS-leader ex-general Salan arrested in Algiers April 20, 1961 American Harold Graham makes 1st rocket belt flight April 20, 1960 "From A to Z" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 21 performances April 20, 1959 63rd Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:22:42 April 20, 1958 Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM April 20, 1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open April 20, 1958 Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup April 20, 1958 Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops April 20, 1957 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Connecticut in 2:20:05 April 20, 1957 Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway April 20, 1955 "Saint of Bleecker St" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances April 20, 1954 "Golden Apple" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 125 performances April 20, 1953 57th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51 April 20, 1951 U . S . performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak April 20, 1951 Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators April 20, 1950 Baltimore's Memorial Stadium opens - Orioles of International League April 20, 1949 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California April 20, 1948 New York City hikes subway fare from 5 cents to 10 cents April 20, 1948 Walter P Reuther UAW President shot and wounded at his home in Detroit April 20, 1947 Frederik IX becomes king of Denmark April 20, 1946 1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs April 20, 1946 50th Boston Marathon won by Stylianos Kyriakides of Greece in 2:29:27 April 20, 1945 Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride April 20, 1945 German occupiers flood Beemster and Fencer April 20, 1945 Soviet troops enter Berlin April 20, 1945 U . S . 7th army captured German city of Nuremberg April 20, 1945 U . S . forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa April 20, 1944 Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter John Postma sentence to death April 20, 1944 NFL legalizes coaching from bench April 20, 1943 Braves manager Casey Stengel is struck by a taxi, fractures a leg April 20, 1942 German occupiers forbids Dutch access to their beach April 20, 1942 Heavy German assault on Malta April 20, 1941 100 German bombers attack Athens April 20, 1941 Dodgers start to wear liners in their caps April 20, 1940 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa April 20, 1939 New York World's Fair opens April 20, 1939 Ted Williams' 1st hit (off of Yankee Red Ruffing) a double April 20, 1936 40th Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:33:40 . 8 April 20, 1936 Jews repel an Arab attack in Petach Tikvah Palestine April 20, 1935 "You're Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly) April 20, 1934 Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police April 20, 1931 35th Boston Marathon won by Jim Henigan of Mass in 2:46:45 . 8 April 20, 1931 British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday April 20, 1926 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic April 20, 1925 29th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor of Illinois in 2:33:00 . 6 April 20, 1920 7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium April 20, 1920 Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate April 20, 1920 Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio April 20, 1920 Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama and Mississippi April 20, 1920 Phillies mgr Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats New York Giants 3-0 April 20, 1919 Polish Army captures Vilno, Lithuania from Soviet Army April 20, 1917 Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world") April 20, 1916 German-British sea battle off Belgian coast April 20, 1916 Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) in Chicago opens, Cubs beat Cin Reds 7-6 April 20, 1914 18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01 . 2 April 20, 1914 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo April 20, 1912 Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11 April 20, 1912 Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6-5 April 20, 1910 Cleveland Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0 April 20, 1910 Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87 . 9 million km April 20, 1908 12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of New York in 2:25:43 . 2 April 20, 1904 George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London April 20, 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St . Louis April 20, 1903 7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29 . 8 April 20, 1903 New York Highlanders play their 1st game, with Jack Chesbro losing 3-1 to Al Orth and Washington April 20, 1902 Marie and Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium April 20, 1898 U . S . Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens April 20, 1896 1st public film showing in U . S . John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in New York City April 20, 1894 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase April 20, 1888 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India April 20, 1884 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" April 20, 1879 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London and Cyprus April 20, 1872 SF Bar Association organized April 20, 1871 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus) April 20, 1865 Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens April 20, 1861 Battle of Norfolk, Virginia April 20, 1861 Colonel Robert E . Lee resigns from Union army April 20, 1853 Harriet Tubman starts Underground Railroad April 20, 1841 1st detective story (Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue") published April 20, 1836 Territory of Wisconsin created April 20, 1809 Napoleon I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria April 20, 1799 Friedrich von Schiller's "Wallensteins Tod," premieres in Weimar April 20, 1799 Napoleon issues a decree calling for establishing Jerusalem for Jews April 20, 1792 France declares war on Austria, Prussia and Sardinia April 20, 1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state April 20, 1775 British begin siege of Boston April 20, 1770 Capt Cook arrives in New South Wales April 20, 1715 Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London April 20, 1702 Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0 . 0437 AUs of Earth April 20, 1657 Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet April 20, 1653 Cromwell routes English parliament to house April 20, 1650 VOC-management sets new guidelines April 20, 1551 John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal April 20, 1505 Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg April 20, 1139 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome April 20, 850 Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne April 20, 295 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet Yup! Got some veddy significant problems there! ;)	SurferJoe46 (51)
542642	2007-04-20 06:17:00	It's also the 420 Pot Smoking Day :D	trinsic (6945)
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