{"id":164472,"date":"2023-04-20T06:27:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=164472"},"modified":"2023-04-20T09:41:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:41:38","slug":"april-20th-the-illuminatis-favorite-day-to-make-mischief-and-create-mayhem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=164472","title":{"rendered":"

APRIL 20th<\/span>: The Illuminati’s Favorite Day to Make Mischief and Manufacture Mayhem<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is 4\/20 Cursed? Here\u2019s a List of What\u2019s Happened on This Strange and Eerie Day<\/h1>\n

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LITTLETON, CO – APRIL 20: Miniature crosses are displayed to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings at Clement Park April 20, 2009 in Littleton, Colorado. Columbine was the site of the then deadliest school shooting in modern United States history when, on April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and one teacher, and wounded 23 others, before taking their own lives. (Photo by Marc Piscotty\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

By Billy Hallowell, Editor
\nFAITHWIRE<\/p>\n

On the surface,\u00a0April 20 is a strange and eerie day, serving as the unfortunate anniversary of countless tragic and diabolical events.<\/p>\n

In the modern era, the day is perhaps most associated with marijuana and is dubbed \u201cWeed Day\u201d by those who celebrate the drug. Many people around the country either smoke or consume cannabis on 4\/20, while others decry the practice.<\/p>\n

Either way,\u00a0CNN explained<\/a>\u00a0in a piece published on Thursday how the date came to be so intensely linked to\u00a0the recreational drug.<\/p>\n

While some of the origins are shrouded in mystery, a potential theory is that \u201c420\u201d was a code circulated among high schoolers at San Rafael High School back in the 1970s. Known as \u201cthe Waldos,\u201d a group of\u00a0friends at the school would often meet at 4:20 to use the drug,\u00a0CNN reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From there, the timestamp spread and the calendar date somehow became linked to weed as well. But April 20 was a strange day\u00a0well before marijuana became the focus.<\/p>\n

First and foremost, it\u2019s Adolf Hitler\u2019s birthday; the Nazi leader was born April 20, 1889. Secondly, the Columbine massacre \u2014 at the time, the nation\u2019s worst school shooting \u2014 unfolded on April 20, 1999, leaving\u00a012 students, one teacher and two teen assailants dead.<\/p>\n

And who could forget the BP oil disaster, which\u00a0unfolded on April 20, 2010<\/a>, when\u00a0the\u00a0Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The environmental catastrophe captured headlines for quite some time; 11 people died,\u00a0according to the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n