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To: Mo1

"Guess who's birthday it is today"

Peter Frampton?


6 posted on 04/22/2006 10:13:27 AM PDT by jdm (Trading Helen Thomas pics online since 1996.)
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To: jdm

Nope

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=3646
Earth Day Is Lenin's Birthday: Coincidence or Communism?
by Alan Caruba (April 21, 2004)

In 1955, then Soviet Premier, Nikita Krushchev ordered April 22nd be designated a day to celebrate Communism. In 1970, it was chosen to be Earth Day by Gaylord Nelson, one of the founders of the event. Those founders had 365 days from which to choose. They chose Lenin's birthday.


9 posted on 04/22/2006 10:16:12 AM PDT by Mo1 ("Stupidity is also a gift from God, but it should not be abused." Pope John Paul II)
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