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This is pretty interesting! And you though people just got baked…check out this list according to historyorb.com…
1777 – New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
1862 – The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.
1879 – 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus
1894 – 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase
1896 – 1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa’s “El Capitan” premieres in NYC
1912 – Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11
1912 – Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Tigers beat Cleve Indians 6-5
1945 – Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur “Mickey” McBride
1964 – 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools
1980 – Cubans begin to arrive in US from Mariel boatlift
1981 – Final performance of TV show “Soap” airs
1982 – Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season
1983 – President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security
1986 – Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game
1990 – Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income
1992 – 100th episode of “Murphy Brown” airs
1992 – Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner
1996 – Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season
1997 – 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader
1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School located in Jefferson County, Colorado.
2007 – Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2008 – Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
Historical Events That Happened on 4/20. #420 was originally published on zhiphopcleveland.com
