# Events on the week of April 14 - 20 **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 20, 2007, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916 "2007-04-20T11:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/1 "2007-04-20T11:30:39Z")
So, we naturally still have the Virginia Tech event on our minds. It happened on Monday, April 16th. Naturally people compared it to Columbine High, which was on April 20th. Which happened on the same week as the Oklahoma City bombing, which was on the 19th. Which happened on the same week as the Branch Davidians… Also on the 19th. And now, in prerparations for this post, I see the following: Ludlow Massacre 1914, April 20. What else happened this week? Additonally, if you have a cite to the ““real”” reason that the event occured, please post that as well. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/2 "2007-04-20T12:05:43Z")
Could a Mod move this to GQ? I had no idea it was in GD. Then again, when I couldnt find it in GQ I had some idea something was up. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/3 "2007-04-20T13:57:13Z")
Well, of course there’s Hitler’s birthday, April 20. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/4 "2007-04-20T15:20:04Z")
**Moderator’s Note:** And on April 20, this thread got moved! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/5 "2007-04-20T15:41:17Z")
Captain Cook “discovered” Australia on this date in 1770. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/6 "2007-04-20T15:54:25Z")
My mom was born on April 19. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/7 "2007-04-20T15:56:47Z")
[QUOTE=MEBuckner] **Moderator’s Note:** And on April 20, this thread got moved! [/QUOTE] Oh! My! God! Won’t _somebody_ stop this insanity!! ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/8 "2007-04-20T16:13:49Z")
My aunt, who’s birthday is April 19th, wondered why Mr. Cho didn’t wait a couple days, in keeping with all the other massacres that happen on her birthday. I don’t have any real input, except to wonder if this same game can be played any other week out of the year. Something tells me the only reason this week seems special is because we’re living it now, and something crazy just happened. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/9 "2007-04-20T16:40:47Z")
Income tax is due during the same week, and most people look on that rather negatively, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/10 "2007-04-20T17:55:38Z")
I used to date a girl named April. She was a total BITCH! ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/11 "2007-04-20T18:00:04Z")
The Battles of Concord and Lexington - the historic “start” of the American Revolution - were on April 19, 1775. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/12 "2007-04-20T22:14:42Z")
[QUOTE=Meeko] What else happened this week? [/QUOTE] Great minds thinking alike, apparently. > **[Grim week in history (April is the cruelest month)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=417569)** > > Anyone else notice how many bad things have happened in this week in history? Apr 12 1865: Ft. Sumter is fired upon, starting the US Civil War Apr 12 1945: FDR dies Apr 13 1970: Explosion on Apollo 13 Apr 14 1865: Lincoln assassinated (dies on... ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-on-the-week-of-april-14-20/400916/13 "2007-04-20T22:17:59Z")
A man apparently troubled about the Virginia Tech killings, a William Phillips Jr, has taken two hostages at NASA. One apparently escaped and Bill Phillips has now killed the other and himself. Details unfolding.