HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

Today in History March 4: From National Safety Day to Toru Dutt Birthday - Eduvast.com

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This is the famous photo from the Virginia Tech shooting. Here’s the story behind it ...

 Seung-Hui Cho, the student gunman who went on a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, that left 33 dead, including himself.   
Seung-Hui Cho, the student gunman.

One of the few photographs taken inside French class in Holden Hall at the time.
One of the few photographs taken inside French class in
Holden Hall at the time.

Injured occupants are carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia Tech. Picture: Alan Kim
Injured occupants are carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia
Tech.

 Virginia Tech Memorial Trees | Arboretum Outreach Center

From Second Amendment to assault weapons ban: A look at U.S. gun laws - CNNPolitics

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DOMESTIC TERRORIST ATTACK ON BOSTON

A timeline of events leading up to 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the legal aftermath

2 Blasts at Boston Marathon Kill at Least 3 and Injure More Than 100 - The New York Times

The Boston Marathon bombing, sometimes referred to as just
simply the Boston bombing, was a
domestic terrorist attack
that took place during the annual
Boston Marathon on April
15, 2013
. Brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev planted
two homemade
pressure cooker bombs that detonated near
the finish line of the race 14 seconds and 210 yards (190 m)
apart. Three people were killed and hundreds injured, including
17 who lost limbs.

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FBI: 3 removed backpack from Boston bombing suspect’s room – Orange County Register

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Spectators helping victims soon after the attack.

A Look Back at Boston Marathon Bombing Insurance Claims

Boston Marathon bombing lesson – political correctness kills | Fox News
Undated file photos show Boston Marathon bombing
suspects Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, and Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev. (AP) 

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PRESIDENT DIES FROM ASSASSIN’S BULLET

My View by Silvio Canto, Jr.: President Lincoln died the morning of April 15, 1865

President Abraham Lincoln died in Washington, D.C., on this
day in history,
April 15, 1865, one day after he was shot by
actor John Wilkes Booth. He was 56.

Lincoln, who was elected president in 1860, was the first U.S.
president to be assassinated.
 

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This engraving depicts John Wilkes Booth escaping after shooting President Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre. 

Lincoln Memorial - Abraham Lincoln
The Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall and is dedicated
to the memory of President Abraham Lincoln.

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FROM THE BLOG GET A LIFE DEPARTMENT

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Free Palestine Eugene protesters disrupt I-5
traffic Monday morning, both lanes reopened.

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THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MLB PLAYER

Honoring Jackie Robinson, the first African American baseball player http://bit.ly/J85bCB ...

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, at age 28, became the first
African American player in
Major League Baseball’s modern
era
when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete
for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier
in a sport that had been segregated for more than 50 years.

Exactly 50 years later, in 1997, Robinson’s groundbreaking
career was honored and his uniform number, 42, was retired
from Major League Baseball by Commissioner Bud Selig in
a ceremony attended by over 50,000 fans at
New York City’s
Shea Stadium. Robinson’s was the first-ever number retired
by all teams in the league.

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10 Most Valuable Topps Baseball Cards That Sell for Top Dollar | LoveToKnow

Jackie Robinson interviewed on Dick Cavett Show - YouTube
Jack Roosevelt Robinson
(January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972)

 

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