JadenxAtemYAOI Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 This will probably end up a weed thread or 420 origin thread but whatever. The following happened on 420. [b] [size=4]1769 - Chief Pontiac of the Ottowa tribe is murdered by a member of the Peoria tribe.[/size][/b] 1841 - The first detective story is published, Edgar Allan Poe's Murders at the Rue Morge 1871 - Congress passes the Ku Klux Act, allowing President Grant to use military force against the Ku Klux Klan 1898 - President McKinley asks Congress for declaration of war with Spain 1902 - Marie and Pierre Curie isolate radium 1912 - Boston Red Sox play their first game in Fenway Park 1912 - Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, dies 1914 - Militias employed by Standard Oil and the Rockefeller family open fire on striking coal miners in Ludlow, Colorado, killing dozens of men, women and children in what will come to be known as The Ludlow Massacre [b] [size=4]1926 - Warner Bros. and Western Electric release Vitaphone, the first viable technology for sound in film[/size][/b] 1945 - Allied forces launch Operation Corncob, airstrikes meant to cut off lines of retreat for German forces, as Hitler celebrates his birthday 1949 - Willie Shoemaker, legendary American jockey, wins his first horse race at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California 1985 - Wham! are the first Western pop musicians to release cassettes in the People's Republic of China 1999 - Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris kill 13 students and faculty members of Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, then turn their guns on themselves 2008 - Danica Patrick becomes the first woman to win an IndyCar race at the Japan 300 2010 - The Deepwater Horizon explodes, killing 11 crewmembers and triggering the largest offshore oil spill in American history Discuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion X. Denver Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 [quote name='JadenxAtemYAOI' timestamp='1334962410' post='5920307'] 1912 - Boston Red Sox play their first game in Fenway Park [/quote] Really? Huh. That means this is the 100th year the Sox have been playing. Dammit, this is the worst time to have a bad season >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTR~ Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 [quote name='JadenxAtemYAOI' timestamp='1334962410' post='5920307'] 1841 - The first detective story is published, Edgar Allan Poe's Murders at the Rue Morge [/quote] This. Love mystery. And Poe. And Poe's hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoDemonX Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 It also is Hitler Birthday, he would 124 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larxene Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 I celebrate the surprise drug tests of the following day that result in plenty of job openings for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 i don't celebrate anything on 20th April because to me it's just like any other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheComposer Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Other than the fact that I'm still alive, absolutely nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apostle of Calamity Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 1453 – The last naval battle in Byzantine history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the Golden Horn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeal Ascendant Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 [s]WEED DAY LOLOLO[/s] The day has no significance for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 This is the first time I've heard about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archbaron Larry Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Yesterday was a completely normal day for me. [s]Posters. Kony 2012 posters everywhere.[/s] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeal Ascendant Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 [quote name='Comrade Trollestia' timestamp='1335099802' post='5922031'] This is the first time I've heard about this. [/quote] Me too, actually. I had no idea 4/20 held any significance whatsoever... huh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FindingTheEverlight Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Ack, I had to deal with my little sister's stoned friends not wanting to leave my house on that day at almost midnight. But if you're a person that's never heard of 420, you have no friends that are stoners. 420 is actually the police code for marijuana in case you didn't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Spock Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 I celebrated weed and got slammed on life. I've been recovering for like a week, hence my absence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nɇvɇrmorɇ Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 That was the Day of Silence for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrekstasy Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 #yolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 My mom was born on that day. She'd be 57 if she were still alive today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vairocana Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 I am disappointed in the lack of George Takei's birthday in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sage Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 [quote name='Vairocana' timestamp='1335412838' post='5925536'] I am disappointed in the lack of George Takei's birthday in this thread. [/quote] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ALsvU50wQ Huh. That's actually kind of interesting. I didn't celebrate anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force_Flex Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 I induced in the smoking of the marijuana plant and got super-duper stoned.... Not really. I played LoL all day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Call of the Haunted~ Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 [quote name='JadenxAtemYAOI' timestamp='1334962410' post='5920307'] 2008 - Danica Patrick becomes the first woman to win an IndyCar race at the Japan 300 [/quote] Most relevant of the list for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonk Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 420 is obviously a literal time that has to do heavily with Stoner Culture. This thread has now been marked as obscene and tasteless by the power of my six arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Starrk Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 I remember the Colombine High School shooting. Because it happened in the state I'm from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Jesse Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 I associate 420 with that one Gamefaqs board holy s*** I feel old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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