# The origins of 420

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origins-of-420/16197>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 20, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origins-of-420/16197 "2000-04-20T22:14:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origins-of-420/16197/1 "2000-04-20T22:14:00Z")

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[Two links](http://www.waldo420.com) that explain [the origins](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/04/20/MN101165.DTL) of 420. I’m a little surpirsed that there isn’t a thread about today’s date yet. All the interested parties must be celebrating.

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**Author:** ![h\_thur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@h\_thur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h_thur)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origins-of-420/16197/2 "2000-04-20T22:20:00Z")

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You missed it. Try [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/007476.html).

Happy day to you too.