It's 420

If you or your kid cuts work or school today, he just might have a chemical dependency.



That's all we're gonna say. (And it has nothing to do with the Anniversary of Columbine.)


April 20, 1977-
Annie Hall, at 93 minutes, the shortest film to ever win the Best Picture Oscar, premiered on this date.



The film's working title was "Anhedonia" - the inability to feel pleasure. United Artists fought against it (among other things, they were unable to come up with an ad campaign that explained the meaning of the word) and Woody Allen compromised on naming the film after the central character three weeks before the film's premiere. Other titles suggested were "It Had to Be Jew", "A Rollercoaster Named Desire", and "Me and My Goy".


Today in History:
Apr 20 1233 -
Pope Gregory IX places the Inquisition, in existence since 1227, under the aegis of the Dominican Order. Torture is apparently sometimes necessary to save souls, and the office continues to exist today as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.



And until a few years ago, the congregation was headed by Prefect Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

Apr 20 1889 -
In Braunau, Austria, Klara Hitler gives birth to a bouncing baby little evil bastard named Adolf.




Apr 20 1979 -
President Jimmy Carter is attacked by a Killer Swamp Rabbit, while on vacation in Plains GA. The rabbit swam menacingly towards him, and he had to repel the ferocious creature with a paddle. There were no injuries.



Press Secretary Jody Powell leaked the story to the press, and the White House had a lot of explaining to do.


Apr 20 1992 -
Alone in his apartment watching TV, British comedic legend Benny Hill suffers a fatal heart attack.



His bloated toupeeless body with his underwear around this ankles are found four days later


And so it goes