Wednesday
Apr202011
An Ominous day in history
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 10:38PM
April 20th. I suppose a lot has happened throughout the years on every single day of the year, but today seems like a particularly bad day.
Let's start with the worst first: on this date in 1889 Adolf Hitler was born. What the world would have been like if he'd died during his childhood.
In 1999, the Columbine massacre occurred, as 12 children and one teacher were killed by teenage gunmen.
In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, devastating the surrounding environment.
I think the world would be a much nicer place if none of these events had happened.
In other news, Mother Nature turned on Madison again yesterday, as the record precipitation levels for April 19th were shattered. We saw 1.3 inches of rain, snow and sleet. It was an icy, slushy walk home for work. We're so ready for summer now.
Let's start with the worst first: on this date in 1889 Adolf Hitler was born. What the world would have been like if he'd died during his childhood.
In 1999, the Columbine massacre occurred, as 12 children and one teacher were killed by teenage gunmen.
In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, devastating the surrounding environment.
I think the world would be a much nicer place if none of these events had happened.
In other news, Mother Nature turned on Madison again yesterday, as the record precipitation levels for April 19th were shattered. We saw 1.3 inches of rain, snow and sleet. It was an icy, slushy walk home for work. We're so ready for summer now.
Reader Comments (1)
WAIT, today in history isn't ALL bad jeez. Roxy Rezazadeh was born today 21 years ago!!