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April 19, 2012
April 19th
Today is April 19th. For those of you playing the home game, that was the start of the American Revolution, Waco, Columbine, Hitler's suicide, etc.
Posted by Rob Kiser on April 19, 2012 at 11:26 AM
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and the day your maternal grandfather, Robert B. Sutton died.
Posted by: sl on April 19, 2012 at 1:44 PM
"Today is April 19th. For those of you playing the home game, that was the start of the American Revolution, Waco, Columbine, Hitler's suicide, etc."
The Columbine shootings were on April 20th, 1999 -- not April 19th.
But even a few weeks after the shooting, I would often make the same mistake because the Waco raid (April 19th, 1993) and the Oklahoma City bombing (April 19th, 1995) were still recent memories. It was easy to conflate the dates with Columbine, since all 3 events affected the gun control debate of the 1990s.
On the other hand, Hitler's birthday was April 20th, 1889, but he committed suicide on April 30th -- not the 19th -- 1945.
Posted by: Robert on April 20, 2012 at 12:29 AM
So, Columbine was planned for April 19th, but they had to postpone it a day for reasons I don't recall. Wasn't sure on the Hitler deal. That was the first I'd heard that one.
Posted by: Rob Kiser 
on April 21, 2012 at 10:19 AM