Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:06:00 -0400
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Reminds me of another St. Louis, then English, poet who wrote:
"April is the cruelest month..."
S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen K. Perlow" <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: history lesson
> In a message dated 04/19/2001 10:48:17 AM Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << > In a message dated 04/19/2001 9:44:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask]
> > writes:
> >
> > > today is an anniversary of an important event. what is it?
> > > why did it happen?
> > >
> > April 19, 1775 -- The battles of Lexington and Concord, and the
"Shot heard
> > round the world." This was the beginning of the American
Revolution.
> > >>
>
> Let's not forget Waco in 1993 & Oklahoma City in 1995...As a matter of
fact
> these few days in April seem cursed in history....
>
> April 12, 1861 -- start of American Civil War
> April 14, 1865 -- President Lincoln assasinated
> April 13, 1970 -- Apollo 13 Mission aborted due to explosion
> April 15, 1912 -- Titanic sinks
> April 19, 1993 -- Waco stand off & deaths
> April 19, 1995 -- Oklahoma City bombing
> April 20, 1999 -- Columbine High school shootings
>
> Karen
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