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Chicago Tribune
20-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: Columbine High School massacre claims the lives of 14 students and a teacher
Today is Sunday, April 20, the 110th day of 2025. There are 255 days left in the year. Today is Easter. Today in history: On April 20, 1999, two students shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher and injured 23 others before taking their own lives at Columbine High School, near Denver, Colorado. Also on this date: In 1812, the fourth vice president of the United States, George Clinton, died in Washington at age 72, becoming the first vice president to die while in office. In 1912, Boston's Fenway Park, now the oldest active stadium in Major League Baseball, hosted its first official baseball game in front of an estimated 27,000 spectators. (The Red Sox defeated the New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11 innings.) In 1914, militia and Colorado National Guard members opened fire on an encampment of striking coal miners and their families in Ludlow, Colorado; at least 19 people in the camp, including 12 children, and one National Guard member were killed in the 'Ludlow Massacre.' In 1971, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools. In 1972, Apollo 16's lunar module, carrying astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., landed on the moon. In 1986, following an absence of over six decades, Russian-born pianist Vladimir Horowitz returned to the Soviet Union to perform a concert at the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. In 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, leased by BP, killed 11 workers and caused a blowout that began spewing an estimated 200 million gallons (757 million liters) of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. (The well was finally capped nearly three months later.) In 2021, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter charges for the killing of George Floyd; Chauvin was later sentenced to 22 ½ years in prison. Today's Birthdays: Actor George Takei is 88. Actor Jessica Lange is 76. Actor Clint Howard is 66. Former MLB first baseman Don Mattingly is 64. Actor Crispin Glover is 61. Actor Andy Serkis is 61. Actor Shemar Moore is 55. Actor-model Carmen Electra is 53. Reggae musician Stephen Marley is 53. Rapper Killer Mike is 50. Actor Joey Lawrence is 49. Model Miranda Kerr is 42. Former NFL linebacker Luke Kuechly is 34.
Boston Globe
20-04-2025
- Boston Globe
Today in History: April 20, the Columbine High School shootings
In 1812, the fourth vice president of the United States, George Clinton, died in Washington at age 72, becoming the first vice president to die while in office. Advertisement In 1912, Boston's Fenway Park, now the oldest active stadium in Major League Baseball, hosted its first official baseball game in front of an estimated 27,000 spectators. (The Red Sox defeated the New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11 innings.) In 1914, militia and Colorado National Guard members opened fire on an encampment of striking coal miners and their families in Ludlow, least 19 people in the camp, including 12 children and one National Guard member, were killed in the 'Ludlow Massacre.' Advertisement In 1971, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools. In 1972, Apollo 16's lunar module, carrying astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., landed on the moon. In 1986, following an absence of over six decades, Russian-born pianist Vladimir Horowitz returned to the Soviet Union to perform a concert at the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. In 1999, two students shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher and injured 23 others before taking their own lives at Columbine High School, near Denver, Colo. In 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, leased by BP, killed 11 workers and caused a blowout that began spewing an estimated 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. (The well was finally capped nearly three months later.) In 2021, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter charges for the killing of George Floyd. Chauvin was later sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
FBI Launches Task Force to Protect Tesla
If there's any doubt that the United States is rapidly descending into oligarchy, a new move by Donald Trump's FBI might clear the air. After recording at least 80 separate incidents of vandalism or arson against Tesla vehicles and dealerships, the FBI has announced the creation of a brand new task force to investigate property damage inflicted on the EV company owned by top Trump operative Elon Musk. It's not yet known how large the task force is or what actions it will be investigating, as non-destructive protests at Tesla dealerships are gaining traction. Though various news outlets have decried property damage against Teslas as "violent attacks," it should be noted that no humans have yet been injured as people take desperate action against Musk's pet brand. That hasn't stopped president Donald Trump from calling vandals "terrorists" in part of his ongoing attempt to expand the federal definition of "domestic terrorism" — a common political move in authoritarian states. "The swarm of violent attacks on Tesla property is nothing short of domestic terrorism," said Attorney General Pam Bondi last week. "We will continue investigations that impose severe consequences on those involved in these attacks, including those operating behind the scenes to coordinate and fund these crimes," she continued, painting a vivid picture of underground terrorist cells working in secret, rather than masses of ticked off retirees lashing out over their next social security check. Though the task force is presumably a move by Trump to keep Musk comfortable as he rips through the federal government, the FBI being used for political means isn't a rare exception under a rogue administration, but the rule. Today's vandalism task force follows a long history of the US government throwing its weight behind business interests over people in times of political turmoil. Take for example, the 1914 Ludlow Massacre, when miners striking for better rights were gunned down alongside their families by National Guardsmen working together with corporate mercenaries. The years following Ludlow would see hundreds of strikes erupt across the country, like the 1919 Steel Strike, when hundreds of thousands of steel and coal workers protested across the country after peaceful attempts at labor reform were shut down. The federal and state governments responded with brutal violence that culminated in the Palmer Raids — also known as the first red scare — when nearly 10,000 workers, activists, and immigrants were detained, beaten, and deported for disrupting the massive steel and coal industries. A more recent example was the Dakota Access Pipeline protest of 2016, when Native American activists and their allies hoping to block a potentially disastrous oil project were attacked and arrested by North Dakota state police and corporate security guards, as FBI agents infiltrated protestors' camps to carry out "military-style counterterrorism measures." Nearly ten years later, the state's legal machinery continues to pay off for the oil corporation. A recent finding by a potentially biased jury has ordered nonprofit Greenpeace to pay Energy Transfer Corporation $660 million for defamation related to the protests — ensuring future protestors will think twice before going up against big oil. So while an FBI task force to protect car dealerships may seem absurd, it's really just another page in the long book of state-protected commerce — albeit the most desperate. More on Tesla protests: Crowd Cheers as TV Shows Cybertrucks Burning After Being Hit by Molotov Cocktails
