Talk:April 20

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April 20: First day of Ridván (Baháʼí Faith, 2024); 420 (cannabis culture) Vädersolstavlan 1535 – Sun dogs were observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring the painting Vädersolstavlan (depicted), the oldest coloured depiction of the city. 1818 – Four days after the Court of King's Bench upheld an English murder suspect's right to a trial by battle in Ashford v Thornton, the plaintiff declined to fight, allowing the defendant to go free. 1942 – World War II: German and Italian forces began a large-scale counter-insurgency operation in occupied Yugoslavia. 1968 – South African Airways Flight 228 crashed shortly after take-off from Windhoek in South West Africa, resulting in 123 deaths. 2010 – An explosion on Deepwater Horizon, an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico, resulted in the largest marine oil spill in history. Peter Bartholomew (d. 1099) Allegra Byron (d. 1822) Toller Cranston (b. 1949) More anniversaries: April 19 April 20 April 21

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Moved birth from article:

• 1981 - Diana Alkire, model and computer scientist

No verification found. Lupo 10:10, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Removed a non-notable birth (Karen Elisabeth Olsen Denchfield). If there is a reason why this person should be here, please tell us here. DJ Clayworth 15:35, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

incomprehensible entry

1775 - American Revolutionary War: British troops begin Boston, Massachusetts. Does anyone know what this should actually read as, as the English is incorrect and unclear. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aldarsior (talk • contribs) 14:28, 2006 April 20.

Someone has fixed it now. -- PFHLai 00:33, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Also, which day exactly was Carter attacked? this shows up at least on april 19 and april 20. Jimmy Carter's article doesn't specify a date. -- User:Aldarsior

Please see http://www.narsil.org/politics/carter/killer_rabbit.html . It says April 20th. -- PFHLai 00:33, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

what about the whole marijuana thing? -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.198.171.251 (talk • contribs) 00:47, 21 April 2006 (UTC).

• 1945 American Actor Michael Brandon (Dempsey & makepeace)
  • Added. enochlau (talk) 03:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
• 1957 American actor Geraint Wyn Davies (Airwolf)
  • Added. enochlau (talk) 03:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
• 1991 Courtney McCarthy
  • Does not have a Wikipedia article. Not added. enochlau (talk) 03:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

420

Known to the counter-culture as "National Smoke-Out Day", April 20th has long been known to be the day that "stoners" celebrate getting "high". It is widely believed, although not entirely true, that 420 is a police code for narcotics. See also; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_%28cannabis_culture%29

Columbine-Like

I put up a Note on the April 20 page noting that students often choose it to attempt a school shooting in memory of Columbine. Does anyone disagree with that?

Holidays such as "Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh&hf)

Please stop reverting this. This is based on the Islamic Lunar Calendar and not on the Gregorian calendar. If you wish to add such holidays not based on the Gregorian calendar, then you might as well add EVERY holiday on every single date they occured that isn't based on the Gregorian calendar. Such as (examples, may not be true):

April 18 1849 - Birth of Muhammad (pbuh&hf) April 19 1850 - Birth of Muhammad (pbuh&hf)

It is pointless to put those things down for Gregorian dates. However, it is good to put them down for their dates on their correct calendar (eg Muhammad's (pbuh&hf) birth for 17 Rabi'l-Awwal on the Islamic calendar). Thanks! Armyrifle 00:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

• Someone removed the birthdate for Muhammed. I've restored this. I understand that there is a dispute about the date (year= 570 (also disputed) on April 20 or April 26) I welcome your thoughts on the following: I propose leaving the April 20 date (and perhaps April 26 and indicating that this is disputer). Thoughts? Thanks, Hu Gadarn 18:23, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

The same thing is done for Jesus on numerous dates for assumed birth dates. I would think the same thing would apply here. -- Borameer ™ 19:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Cannabis culture

April 20 is a very important day for cannabis smokers worldwide. Many protests against anti-cannabis laws happen on this day. This should not be removed from the article just because the holiday is not "official". It probably never will be because of its drug-related theme, but it is still important.