10 days of tragedy: 15 historic disasters occurred over these days in April

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[srmanuel]

I have a birthday this and every year around this time, I post a similar article, from about April 17 thru April 21 or so, some major world and local news events have occurred.

For example, Adolf Hitler and Napolean were born on April 20.

Other events.

The Branch Dividians were incinerated by the Janet Reno and DOJ in Waco on April 19, 1993.

Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols bombed the Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.

The Columbine School Shooting took place on April 20, 1999.

The Deep Water Horizon Oil Well blew up in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010.

The Titanic sunk on April 14, 1912.

I could go on and on, needless to say, history has a way of repeating itself and with all the crazy things going on in the world today, something really crazy could happen this week.

[Thunder90]

April 22nd... Lenin’s birthday and Envirowacko day.

[Verginius Rufus]

Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769. His first abdication was in April 1814 but that hardly counts as an historic disaster.

[redangus]

Palm Sunday, April 11, 1965. Also an April tornado outbreak.

[basalt]

you are correct sir.....very high death toll that day.

[basalt]

April 26, 1986..Kiev, Ukraine...Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster...

[Fiji Hill]

Some good things also happened in April

• April 14, 1775--the War of the American Revolution began

• April 21, 1836--Texan forces decisively defeated the Mexican army at San Jacinto, opening the way for the independence of Texas and America's westward expansion to the Pacific

• April 18, 1942--Jimmy Doolittle led an air raid on Tokyo that stunned the Japanese and boosted American morale

• April 18, 1943--Japanese admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, who masterminded the Pearl Harbor attack, was killed when US fliers downed his plane

• April 1, 1964--Brazil's pro-Communist and graft-riddled government led by President João Goulart was overthrown by a pro-Western junta

[joma89]

Mr. Potatohead, back doors are not secrets!

Great movie,

[The people have spoken]

Waco and Oklahoma City both occurred on April 19, NOT be coincidence. From Wikipedia: “Motivated by his dislike for the U.S. federal government and unhappy about its handling of the Ruby Ridge incident in 1992 and the Waco siege in 1993, McVeigh timed his attack to coincide with the second anniversary of the fire that ended the siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.”

[outofsalt]

Back in ‘65 as well.

[Kriggerel]

There’s also 4:20, which appeals to stoners.

IV:XX SWED as the graffiti always says.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I noticed over thirty five years ago that what happened at Lexington and Concord is quietly ignored by the news media.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Columbine school massacre. Too many bad things.

[Who is John Galt?]

Waco and Oklahoma City both occurred on April 19, NOT be coincidence. From Wikipedia: “Motivated by his dislike for the U.S. federal government and unhappy about its handling of the Ruby Ridge incident [near Naples, Idaho] in 1992 and the Waco siege in 1993, McVeigh timed his attack to coincide with the second anniversary of the fire that ended the siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.” [underlining mine]

I will mention (for the fun of it ;>) something else that might, or might not be, a coincidence - the three tragic events occurred in the following order:

Naples - Waco - Oklahoma City
N - W - O

I've never seen anyone else comment on that place name sequence, likely because the first event is commonly called Ruby Ridge, rather than Naples (in reference to the nearest city, as with the other two events). It would be a truly bizarre coincidence, given the political debate at that time, and in the years since, concerning the "New World Order"...

;>)

[super7man]

April 15th, Income Taxes Due.

[HandyDandy]

How about the Battle of Bunker Hill?
"Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes!"
Every school kid knew of that. And the “Minutemen who dropped their ploughs mid-furrow”.

[Kenny Bania]

April 27, 1987: married my first wife.

[Exit148]

And—- April showers —- bring May flowers!

[scrabblehack]

I thought it was Lenin’s on Apr 22.

[xp38]

9/11 happened in September....just saying

[gundog]

Whistling past the graveyard?