I have always thought this was odd and given the events that have happened this year...man some horrible things have happened in April:
I am sure I am missing some:
2013 - Boston Marathon Bombing, West, TX explosion, Ricin Letter Attacks
2010 - BP Oil Spill/Explosion (11 killed)
2007 - Virginia Tech Shooting (32 killed)
1999 - Columbine School Shooting (13 killed, plus the 2 killers)
1995 - Oklahoma City Bombing (168 killed)
1993 - Waco Branch Dividian Incident (76 killed)
1986 - Chernobyl Disaster in Russia (31 killed Russia claimed but likely a lot more)
1970 - Apollo 13 launched
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
1961 - Bay of Pigs invasion began
1947 - Texas City, TX explosion on french ship in port (581 killed)
1912 - Titanic sinks (1,502 killed)
1906 - Great San Francisco earthquake (est. 3,000+ killed)
1865 - Abraham Lincoln assassinated
1861 - Civil War started at Ft Sumter, NC
I am sure I am missing some:
2013 - Boston Marathon Bombing, West, TX explosion, Ricin Letter Attacks
2010 - BP Oil Spill/Explosion (11 killed)
2007 - Virginia Tech Shooting (32 killed)
1999 - Columbine School Shooting (13 killed, plus the 2 killers)
1995 - Oklahoma City Bombing (168 killed)
1993 - Waco Branch Dividian Incident (76 killed)
1986 - Chernobyl Disaster in Russia (31 killed Russia claimed but likely a lot more)
1970 - Apollo 13 launched
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
1961 - Bay of Pigs invasion began
1947 - Texas City, TX explosion on french ship in port (581 killed)
1912 - Titanic sinks (1,502 killed)
1906 - Great San Francisco earthquake (est. 3,000+ killed)
1865 - Abraham Lincoln assassinated
1861 - Civil War started at Ft Sumter, NC