>On April 20, 1999 two students went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killing 12 students and one teacher before taking their own lives.
I had a feeling this was going to be the on this day for today. It seems April is a bad month, a month that a lot of evil things happen. This is one teachers comments about this tragedy.
The Turner Report
>~ QUOTATION OF THE DAY ~
“I didn’t buy the horse for business or to make a profit. You do not sell dreams.”
– ZOLTAN MIKOCZY, the owner of Overdose, a 4-year-old thoroughbred that is becoming a Hungarian national hero.
Hungary’s Spirits Are Back Up, on a Horse
~ ON THIS DAY ~
On April 20, 1971, the United States Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.
On April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler, the Nazi dictator of Germany who led his country into World War II and was responsible for persecuting millions of Jews , was born.
>On April 18, 1906, a major earthquake struck San Francisco and set off raging fires. More than 3,000 people died.
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Nice but, somethings wrong, gah! No lipstick!
Got the lipstick, but where’s the smile?
OK, Here’s a couple of nice pics! But I went with one of the other ones for my profile, for now!
>On April 17, 1961, about 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.
>On April 16, 1947, America’s worst harbor explosion occurred in Texas City, Texas, when the French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, caught fire and blew up, devastating the town. Another ship, the Highflyer, exploded the following day. The explosions and resulting fires killed more than 500 people and left 200 others missing.
>~ QUOTATION OF THE DAY ~
“If you wanted to create a system that is basically legal but designed to facilitate gun trafficking, you couldn’t have a better system than you have here.”
~ TOM DIAZ, a researcher with the Violence Project in Washington, on the flow of guns from the United States to Mexican drug cartels.
I didn’t know this!
~ ON THIS DAY ~
On April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1,500 people died.
>But I just had to check in here once. These You-tube video is pretty cool I think.
I got the rest of my free books.
No reading got done, the cable and satellite were out so the kids wanted me upstairs to play games with them. I consoled myself by buying a dress from Overstock.com. Who I have never purchased anything from before, I just wanted one more dress and the one I wanted from Chadwicks wasn’t in my size. I got the pink and black one.
Since I was upstairs it also meant I got no blogging done, that is why I am still up, I notified all my award winners that they have an award to pick up at my book blog, Bella is reading.
Thursday, 18 July 2013
May 21, 2008
NYT > THE CITY
Belleza
just a (transplanted) city girl 