Sgt. Ron Helus, was killed after responding to calls of gunshots at
a Southern California country music bar Wednesday night. He was
among 12 people killed when a gunman walked into Borderline Bar
& Grill in Thousand Oaks, California and opened fire.
MIKE GRACIA
The New York "Lantern" newspaper published the first "Uncle Sam cartoon" on this day in 1852. It quickly became the symbol of the
United States.
On this day in 1925, a law in Tennessee that prohibited the teaching
of evolution went into effect.
On this day in 1996, the Dunblane Massacre occurred at a Scottish
elementary school. Thomas Hamilton, pictured above, murdered
16 children and their teacher before turning the gun on himself.
Relatives near the Dunblane primary school on the day of the
shooting.
The musical "Brigadoon" opened at the Ziegfeld Theater in New
York City on this day in 1947.
The deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history occurred Sunday evening in Las Vegas, Nevada.
