[Gordongekko909]

April 20th is Hitler's birthday, but there really isn't any evidence that the date had any influence on the date of the Columbine massacre. That was also the date of the Oklahoma City Bombing and the Waco fire.

Klebold and Harris probably didn't pick 4/20 for any particular reason.

[gondramB]

"April 20th is Hitler's birthday, but there really isn't any evidence that the date had any influence on the date of the Columbine massacre. That was also the date of the Oklahoma City Bombing and the Waco fire.

Klebold and Harris probably didn't pick 4/20 for any particular reason."

Thank you for that info...

[Hoodlum91]

"That was also the date of the Oklahoma City Bombing and the Waco fire. "

No - that was the 19th. Yesterday was 11 years since OKC.

[Ptarmigan]

420 is something to do with a LAPD radio code for marijuana if I recall. 4/20 also happens to be Adolf Hitler's birthday and Columbine massacre. 4/19 was OKC and Waco. As for why Klebold and Harris chose 4/20, they were going to do it on 4/19. Perhaps they feared they it might be related to OKC and Waco. Incidentally, McVeigh and Nichols were tried in Denver in 1997.