I was born April 20th, 1990 around 11:30 am.
Here are things that have happened on April 20th.
EVENTS
- 1534 – Jacques Cartier begins the voyage during which he discovers Canada and Labrador.
- 1657 – Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
- 1836 – U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
- 1871 – The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law.
- 1914 – Forty-five men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike.
- 1939 – Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit".
- 1945 – World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
- 1967 – A Globe Air Bristol Britannia turboprop crashes at Nicosia, Cyprus, killing 126.
- 1968 – A South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes during takeoff at Windhoek, Namibia, killing 122.
- 1968 – English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
- 1972 – Apollo 16 lands on the Moon.
- 1986 – Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.
- 1998 – TAME Boeing 727-200 chartered by Air France crashes into Cerro El Cable mountain after takeoff from Bogotá, Colombia, killing 53.
- 1998 – German terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
- 1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado.
- 2001 – China removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
- 2007 – Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.2008 – Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
- 1633 – Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)
- 1818 – Heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893)
- 1889 – Adolf Hitler, German Chancellor (d. 1945)
- 1893 – Edna Parker, American supercentenarian (d. 2008)
- 1920 – Ronald Speirs, WWII Veteran (d. 2007)
- 1950 – Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician
- 1963 – Aubrey de Grey, British biomedical gerontologist
- 1978 – Mirei Kuroda, Japanese gravure idol
- 1984 – Tyson Griffin, American mixed martial artist
- 1987 – John Patrick Amedori, American actor
DEATHS
- 1314 – Pope Clement V (b. 1264)
- 1521 – Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)
- 1534 – Elizabeth Barton, English nun (executed)
- 1991 – Don Siegel, American film director (b. 1912)
- 1993 – Cantinflas, Mexican comedian and actor (b. 1911)
- 1999 – Dylan Bennet Klebold, Columbine Highschool Perpetrator (b. 1981)
- 1999 – Eric David Harris, Columbine Highschool Perpetrator (b. 1981)
- 2005 – Fumio Niwa, Japanese novelist (b. 1904)
Holidays and observances
- Ridván begins at sunset (Bahá'í Faith).
- Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
- Saint Theotimus (d. 407)
- Blessed Oda (d. 1158)
- 420 (cannabis culture)
- Patriots' Day (2009)
Hopefully you clicked on most of it and learned some new stuff.
Most notable among these peoples and events are
Free Religion
Because freedom of expression is what America was built on
Hitler's Birth
I'm not going to hide my birth date because of this dick.
A Terrorist Group Disbands
Those Red Army Faction dudes quit spreading freedom with bullets.
Columbine
Two kids missed the point to life and made everyone else learn the value of it.
Pot Day (420 cannabis day)
I don't smoke but its better than Crack Day (which doesn't exist).
Mirei Kuroda
I had no idea who she was until I saw her on Wikipedia. I figured this is to break that stereotype of small Asian boobs. Can you think of a better way to break a stereotype?
So small jokes on boobs aside,
There was more death (and stupidity) committed on April 20th than necessary. Thank god I was born to counterbalance all that out.
Down on my Head by Yellowcard
"I never thought I would wake up in bed
watching the world coming down on my head
I'd sleep like a dog if you would never have said
this is the world coming down on your head
As life flies by
I'm not sure how I'm gonna do this all again
Again
So line by line I write this down and I'm just trying to find the end
The end
And all I know
I never thought I would wake up in bed
watching the world coming down on my head
I'd sleep like a dog if you would never have said,
this is the world coming down on your head
You gave it to me I remember it read,
you've got the world coming down on your head
There's nothing to fight for it's already dead
and this is the world coming down on my head"
HEY! All punk rock songs are sad, it doesn't mean I am.
Have an awesome day!
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