What is it about this day 4/20…..a dramatic day in History...including a day set aside for dope?

April 20 (4/20 in U.S. date notation) has evolved into a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis. Some events have a political nature to them, advocating for the decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States.

1912Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler was born in Austria on this day

1912 Dracula author Bram Stoker died on this day

1999 Columbine  12 students and one teacher were killed at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, when two student gunmen opened fire in the school's library and cafeteria.

2010, an explosion at a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and caused oil to begun gushing into the water. The oil continued to spill for 87 days, until a cap was successfully put over the damaged well.

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