I have written before extensively about the curse of April. I am not going to repost my old list, which has hundreds of entries, in the hopes that perhaps I am mistaken and this is all an enormous coincidence. Maybe these types of events happen in every month and I am just more aware of them in April. I will however, post any new information that I find. There are already many new events:
Genocide Awareness Week, beginning April 8, at Scottsdale Community College near Phoenix. There is also Holocaust Remembrance and Genocide Awareness Week beginning April 8 at George Washington University.
50th Anniversary of the USS Thresher submarine disaster, which occurred on April 10, 1963. This was the deadliest submarine disaster in US history, and 129 men died during deep-dive testing off of Cape Cod. "The Navy believes the failure of a brazed weld allowed sea water to spray onto electrical panel, causing an emergency shutdown of the sub's nuclear reactor. The ballast system also failed, preventing the sub from surfacing. Filling with water, Thresher descended deeper and disintegrated under the crushing force of the ocean. Its remains rest on the ocean floor at a depth of 8,500 feet."
80th Anniversary of the USS Akron on April 4, 1933. This was the world's worst airship disaster, in which 73 of the 76 passenger and crew on board perished.
Prom Safety Awareness events. A deadly prom night crash in Salem, Oregon on April 30, 2005 is remembered through a mock crash and rescue event. "High school students looked on as paramedics removed their peers from mutilated vehicles and carried their bodies on stretchers — some to an emergency helicopter, others to a hearse."
April 5, 2013 - Megachurch Pastor Rick Warren's son, Matthew Warren, commits suicide after struggling with mental illness and depression.
April 5 - 80th anniversary of Executive Order 6102, signed by FDR, which criminized the possession of gold by private citizens. "FDR’s gold confiscation meant private owners were obliged to take their coins, bars or gold certificates to a bank, and exchange them for dollars at the prevailing rate of $20.67 per ounce. Over the next year, the president then raised his official gold price to $35 per ounce, effectively cutting 40% off the dollar in a bid to stoke inflation and spur the economy. " -
--http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2013/04/05/governments-still-heavy-handed-80-years-after-fdrs-gold-confiscation/
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