What is it about mass violent events and the month of April? Take note:
April 19, 1993: Waco Massacre: An FBI assault lead to the burning down of the compound of a sect named Branch Davidians, killing 76 men, women and children.
April 19, 1995: Oklahoma City bombing – 168 people killed.
April 20, 1999: Columbine High School Massacre – 13 people murdered, 21 injured.
April 16, 2007: Virginia Tech Massacre – 32 killed; 17 injured.
April 16, 2013: Boston Marathon Explosions – 3 killed; 107 injured.
April 18, 2013: Fertilizer plant explosion, Texas – 5-15 killed
April 16, 1947: A ship loaded with ammonium nitrate docked at the Port of Texas City and erupted in flames, causing a massive explosion that killed about 576 people).
April 18, 1983: A suicide bomber drove a car bomb into the U.S. embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people.
April 9, 2014: Franklin Regional High School mass stabbing
April 18, 19 2020: Nova Scotia Attacks - 22 killed, 3 injured
Going further back, the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War both started in the month of April. Lincoln was killed in April. Hitler was born in April and he died in April. The Titanic sank in April 1912.
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