April 22, 2007
Earth Day
Today is Earth Day.
It's also Lenin's birthday.
Just so you know.
... I imagine it's coincidental.
Environment
Posted by AlexC at April 22, 2007 8:26 PM
It's also the date, in 1915, when Germany introduced poison gas in WWI. These sound to me like three good reasons not to read the news on this date - no tellin' what other gems are in store for future April 22nds.
My favorite line from the Earth Day wiki entry was this:
"The idea that the date was chosen to celebrate Lenin's centenary still persists in some quarters,[13][14] although Lenin was never noted as an environmentalist."
Hmmm. Wonder why so many people still see a connection then. What could it be? (I'd spell it out but really, if you can't figure it out, you probably won't read Threesources.com again anyway.)
It's also the date, in 1915, when Germany introduced poison gas in WWI. These sound to me like three good reasons not to read the news on this date - no tellin' what other gems are in store for future April 22nds.
My favorite line from the Earth Day wiki entry was this:
"The idea that the date was chosen to celebrate Lenin's centenary still persists in some quarters,[13][14] although Lenin was never noted as an environmentalist."
Hmmm. Wonder why so many people still see a connection then. What could it be? (I'd spell it out but really, if you can't figure it out, you probably won't read Threesources.com again anyway.)
Posted by: johngalt at April 24, 2007 3:11 PM | What do you think? [1]