I say this because of the horror that has beset the south this past week and the anniversaries that are associated with this month.
- Today April 29th, marks the 19th anniversary of the Los Angeles Riots.
- Today is the 20th anniversary of the cyclone of that struck the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph. Killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless.
- April 20th, marked the first anniversary of the BP Oil spill that killed 11, dumped 210,000,000 US gallon of oil into 68,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way destroying wildlife and the livelihood of thousands of fishermen. You can read more here
- April 20th is the 12th anniversary of The Columbine High School that left 12 dead and 21 injured after two disgruntled students lashed out with semi-automatic weaponry on their High School in 1999.
- April 20th 1889 Adolf Hitler was born.
- April 19th, 1995 the Oklahoma City bombing claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the age of 6, and injured more than 680 people. The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a sixteen-block radius.
- April 18th, 1906 a 8.25 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco in the early hours.
- April 16th, marks the 4th anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre. In two separate attacks, approximately two hours apart, a student killed 32 people and wounded many others before committing suicide.
And this is all I care to remember.
However saying that today's wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton helped to show that some nice things do happen in April too.
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