Everyone knows about the Ides of March and, like Caesar, they beware. But the Ides of April, the 15th, actually is a far more sinister date! Why is that you ask? Well, let me list what has happened on April 15th over the years.
The really bad stuff:
It's US Federal income tax day
1865 - Abraham Lincoln died
1912 - The Titanic sank
1945 - FDR was buried
1990 - Greta Garbo died
1992 - Leona Helmsley went to prison
The not-bad stuff (to most people):
1947 - Jackie Robinson played his 1st Major League game (a lot of people thought it was terrible at the time)
1952 - the 1st B-52 flew (how many people have died because of them)
1955 - Ray Kroc started McDonalds (the start of the obesity epidemic)
And finally the one good thing that compensates for all of the bad things over the years:
1978 - I married my wonderful wife 34 years ago
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