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April 20

April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). There are 255 days remaining.

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1 Events

1657 - Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City) granted freedom of religion
1689 - The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Londonderry
1775 - American Revolutionary War: British troops begin siege of Boston, Massachusetts
1861 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia
1862 - The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard[?]
1902 - Pierre and Marie Curie isolate radium
1926 - Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone[?], a process to add sound to film
1972 - Apollo 16 lands on the Moon
1999 - Eric Harris[?] and Dylan Klebold[?] open fire in Columbine High School[?] in Littleton, Colorado, leaving 15 dead and 23 wounded
2001 - The anti-globalization movement holds a People's Summit and large protest marches, some of which are forcibly put down by police, against the FTAA summit in Quebec City, Quebec

In Canada and the United States, April 20th is a ceremonial day to "smoke out" (smoke marijuana). See: 420 (drug culture)

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