Could the next major theatrical mass shooting occur on August 5, 2016?
The movie Suicide Squad opens on Friday, August 5, 2016. Is it subconsciously broadcasting the kinds of messages to those who might shoot up a movie theater?
I hope not, but stay tuned. And be forewarned.
What has happened on August 5ths in the past?
910 - The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred.
1071 - Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe.
1305 - William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.
1812 - War of 1812: Tecumseh's Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat.
1973 - Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55.
1997 - Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of World Trade Center bombing goes on trial.
2003 - A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
2012 - Gunman opens fire on Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin killing six people and committing suicide.



