So, uh, what's the history of 4/20?
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ummmm i think it has 2 do wit trees LOL
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In American culture, the number 420 (pronounced four-twenty) relates to the consumption of cannabis and elements of its associated culture. The exact origin of the term is unknown. Marijuana users gather on April 20 ("4/20" in U.S. dating shorthand) every year to celebrate and consume marijuana.\n\nAccepted origin\nSnopes.com, High Times magazine, The Marijuana-Logues, and The Straight Dope claim that in the early 1970s, a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California used to meet every day after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuana at the water tower. One piece of evidence supporting an origin of the term from the time 4:20 is the fact that the number is always said "four twenty". This theory is also the most cited, and the most widely-accepted. \n\nOther possible suggested origins\nMarijuana grew wild on or near Highway 420 in Ontario in the 1960s. However, Highway 420 only gained its current name in 1972. Whether or not this is true, Highway 420 is the location for an annual legalization protest every April 20th. \nAt some American junior or senior high schools, "after-school detention" ends at 4:20. Thus 4:20 signifies the time when the detainees are finally free to smoke after the school day. \nThe term could have possibly come from H. P. Lovecraft's "Within The Walls of Eryx" which contains the line, "My route must have been far from straight, for it seemed hours before I was free of the mirage-plant's pervasive influence... When I did get wholly clear I looked at my watch and was astonished to find that the time was only 4:20." This theory for the origin of 4:20 was first postulated on the official website for the rock band Tool. \nAn ounce of marijuana sold gram by gram at $15, equals $420. \n\nRefuted urban legends\n420 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which marijuana burns, the primary method of use. (In reality, marijuana burns at or around 450 degrees.) \n420 is a police code for a drug bust or for "marijuana smoking in progress," or that 4:20 is or was the shift change for the police. However, there is no 420 police code. \nThere are 420 chemicals in marijuana (there are actually 315). \nApril 21 is the last day on which one is supposed to plant cannabis seeds (with the variety of planting regions and cannabis genetics, no such date can logically apply to all growing operations). \nApril 20 is approximately the last frost in the American climate, making it time to move pot plants outdoors. In actual fact the date varies from year to year, and from region to region. \n420 Day is celebrated as April 20th was the date of Bob Marley's death. Marley actually died on May 11, 1981.
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April 18th just passed
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Not worth thinking or worrying about.  It is just a rather neat date - same as 3/3/03 was and 7/7/07 will be.
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April 7th-24th\n\ncommon surely i get 10 points for this!!!! i hunted the answer down for you!
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I don't even know what freedom day is, never heard of it.  Do you mean 4th of July?\n\nEnough election coverage, the put simpsons and seinfeld back on, now!!!
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What period of time are we talking about here?\nWith over 200 years of American history, can you narrow it down?
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Probably on 4-23-06 I really don't know
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8:00 pm east coast, history channel. Maybe some people can learn a bit of truth about this holiday. Native Americans have gotten the crappy end of the stick more than any other race of people in America. If more people really knew their history, not the crap they teach about feel good history, they wouldn't write the kind of responses I have read. I guess it applies to all forums on here. Some people wouldn't believe the truth even if it was smacking them in the face. Demonize it, then kill it or pass a law to control it. Worked then, works now.
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Signed with the following comment...\nYa know there's 6/6/2006 and 6/6/1906 and 6/6/1806 and there will be 6/6/3006 and 6/6/4006.  Why is this so special?
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No idea, must check the history books I guess.
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Sorry, couldn't find the date.
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I've read it here that exact date was unknown, and DDec-25th is just a convention, so you and your family can have it in June. Retailers would love you for that too. :)
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I'm not sure with the dates, but there are some ones:\n\n1) Independence war from Spain (1810-1821) WON!\n2) Spanish attempt to reconquer Mexico (1829) WON!\n3) Mexico-Texas war (independence) (1835)Betrayed... lost :(\n4) "Cake's war": Mexico v.s. Spain, England and France... lost!!! That was mostly a financial war, so we had to pay a lot of debts... (1838)\n6) USA Intervention (1846) ... LOST (what did americans really wanted???!!! Gezz!!!)\n5) French Intervention (1864) WON!!!Whoa!!! Napoleon III, the ruler of the world, sure learned his lesson!!! Plus, we're the first (and perhaps only) american country who killed an Emperor (Maximilian of Habsburg).\n6) Mexican revolution (1910-1920). WON? LOST?... who knows??? Yeah, the civil war. We had a dictatorship... so we're still arguing if the revolution was favorable or not.\n7) USA's invasion to Veracruz Port (1914). LOST!!! What??? Mexican polices arrest an american officer for carrying a weapon without permission and uncle sam's answer is to blow up an entire city??? Gezzz!!! (Well, I guess the Empire was really worried Mexico had excellent relationships with Germany and Japan and awesome military technology before 1st. World War started ;))\n8) Second world war (1942). WON!!! Yup. Mexico, humbly but firmly collaborated with the north american armies. Because of collaborating with winner's wing, we had economical growth after the war ended.
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Isn't Backlash on April 30th?\n\nTNA's LOCKDOWN was on last night.  It was dumb.  Don't bother reading the results.
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was a thursday\n\nhttp://www.flicklives.com/Timeline/1955_cal.html
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I think 1947\nCheck out the website below