Another mid April fiasco/disaster

[durtee librul]

Well, let's see, Oklahoma City bombings and today we have Va Tech....Co-inky dink?

[d_b]

1. Columbine was around this time too

[grace0418]

2. Also Columbine and Waco.

I always remember because my birthday is April 18.

[piedmont]

3. Let's outlaw April.

Works about as well as some of the other knee-jerk policy suggestions I've seen here.

[lisa58]

10. That's probably what Grover Norquist has been after all this time!

[stirlingsliver]

4. Titanic, Too

1500+ deaths on the Titanic.

It sunk in April.

[Tempest]

5. Bush says "Mission Accomplished"

It got Gonzales' appearance in front of Congress tomorrow out of the headlines.

[ruiner4u]

9. sick. callous. obnoxious.

and all around twitty response.

[Tempest]

24. Thank you

You forgot to add accurate.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. yes how interesting you should say that!

crossed my mind.

[Recursion]

6. April is the cruelest month, breeding

Lilacs out of the dead ground, mixing
Memory with desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain

Poetry doesn't help much, I know, but Eliot had a point

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Hitler was born in April. Coincidence?

Also, they killed Jesus, and Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

[stirlingsliver]

8. Ford's Theater

Ford's Theater.

John Wilkes Booth.

President Lincoln killed.

In April.

[laruemtt]

11. my dad passed on april 19, 1997.

like someone earlier said, april is the cruelest month.

[Eurobabe]

12. It's hormonal, seriously

two peak times for violent crime: spring (late April to June) then again in Fall (late Sep., Oct., Nov.) It must have something to do with melatonin, serotonin, etc. related to the number of daylight hours (increased agitation for some) and then in fall decreasing sunlight (increasing depression).

[nonconformist]

13. Oklahoma City was in response to Waco, so it's not surprising they both happened in April - BUT

There has been a connection made between milder weather and violence/crime. Maybe early spring is so "popular" because it's generally the first mild weather after a long, cold winter.

[Ignacio Upton]

15. You're right

April 19th:

Waco (1993)
OKC Bombing (1995)

April 20th:
Columbine (1999)
Hitler's Birthday (1889) and the inspiration for the Columbine shooters.

...Oh, the only good event that happened during this period were Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, the first two battles of the Revolutionary War (those battles, unfortunately, also inspired McVeigh, along with seeking revenge for Waco.)

[claypool4prez]

16. MLK

MLK Jr. was shot on the 4th of April

[Forkboy]

17. Tough time of year for many people.

I'm surprised there isn't more things like this to be honest.

[SoCalDem]

18. There is NEVER a "good" time for bad things to happen

There are only 12 months, and so many horrible things happen..April is bound to have to claim some of them :(

[Forkboy]

21. No, there is no good time.Didn't mean to imply there was.

Late winter/early spring is tough on a lot of people,especially some people with mental illnesses for some reason.

[Rocknrule]

19. April is also the birth month of

Hitler, Saddam, McVeigh, and I believe one of the Columbine shooters

I hate having an April birthday

[piedmont]

20. Gillian Welch wrote "April the 14th" and "Ruination Day" about April

Awesome songs, both.

[Atman]

22. Ah, spring! When the scent of LOVE is in the air!

:scared:

.

[Deja Q]

23. Somebody who hates the government decides to kill a bunch of innocent people?

:shrug: