Chronology of world's worst mass shootings LONDON (Reuters) - Following is a chronology of some of the world's worst mass shootings in recent years: Aug 1966 - USA - In what became the archetype of a random shooting, student Charles Whitman shot dead 14 people from a 27-storey tower at the University of Texas before being shot by police. He had killed his wife and mother the night before. Apr 1982 - SOUTH KOREA - Police officer Woo Bum Kong went on a drunken rampage in Sang-Namdo with rifles and hand grenades, killing 57 people and wounding 38 before blowing himself up. Aug 1986 - USA - A part-time postal worker threatened with dismissal killed 14 people and wounded six in a locked post office in Edmond, Oklahoma, before killing himself. Dec 1986 - COLOMBIA - A Vietnam war veteran killed 30 people in six hours in three different places in Bogota. He was later shot by police. Aug 1987 - BRITAIN - A 27-year-old gun fanatic rampaged through the English town of Hungerford, killing 16 people and wounding 11 before shooting himself. Dec 1987 - USA - A former U.S. air force sergeant killed 14 of his relatives on Christmas Day in Russelville, Arkansas. July 1989 - FRANCE - A French farmer shot and killed 14 people including members of his family in the village of Luxiol, near the Swiss border. He was wounded and captured by police. Dec 1989 - CANADA - A 25-year-old war movie fan with a grudge against women shot dead 14 young women at the University of Montreal, then killed himself. Nov 1990 - NEW ZEALAND - A gun-mad loner killed 11 men, women and children in a 24-hour rampage in the tiny New Zealand seaside village of Aramoana. He was killed by police. Oct 1991 - USA - A man slammed his truck into a cafeteria in the Texas town of Killeen and opened fire on the lunchtime crowd, killing 23 people. He then killed himself in a toilet. July 1993 - USA - A heavily armed man killed nine people at a major law firm in San Francisco, before shooting himself. Sept 1995 - FRANCE - A 16-year-old youth ran amok with a rifle in the town of Cuers, killing 16 people and then himself after an argument with his parents. Mar 1996 - UK - A gunman burst into a primary school in the Scottish town of Dunblane and shot dead 16 children and their teacher before killing himself. April 1996 - CANADA - A man shot dead nine members of a wedding party, including his estranged wife, in Vernon, British Columbia. April 1996 - AUSTRALIA - In Australia's worst massacre, a gunman armed with self-loading rifles shot dead 35 people at the tourist site of Port Arthur in Tasmania. Mar 1997 - YEMEN - A man with an assault rifle attacked hundreds of pupils at two schools in Sanaa, killing six children and two others. He was sentenced to death the next day. Mar 1998 - USA - An accountant went on a shooting rampage at Connecticut's state lottery HQ, killing four top executives before turning the gun on himself. Mar 1998 - USA - Two boys opened fire on schoolmates at an Arkansas middle school, killing four girls and one teacher. April 1999 - USA - Two heavily armed teenagers went on a bloody rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Denver, shooting 13 students and staff before taking their own lives. July 1999 - USA - A gunman killed nine people at two brokerages in Atlanta, after apparently killing his wife and two children. He committed suicide five hours later. Sept 15, 1999 - USA - A gunman pumped bullets into teenage worshippers in a Texas Baptist church, killing seven people, before shooting himself dead. Sept 16, 1999 - SOUTH AFRICA - A black officer went on a rampage at a military base, shooting dead seven white soldiers and a white civilian before being gunned down by colleagues. Dec 2000 - SUDAN - A gunman fired at random in a mosque near Khartoum killing at least 20 worshippers. He was shot by police. June 2001 - NEPAL - Eight members of the Nepalese Royal family were killed in a palace massacre by Crown Prince Dipendra who later turned a gun on himself and died few days later. His youngest brother also died later raising the death toll to 10. Sept 8, 2001 - USA - A fired security guard killed five former co-workers and handcuffed another in a Sacramento zoo before killing himself. Sept 27, 2001 - SWITZERLAND - A man in police uniform burst into a session of the local assembly of the Swiss canton of Zug and opened fire, killing 14 people and himself and wounding 15. Feb 2002 - SOUTH AFRICA - A man shot dead 11 people and wounded seven others before killing himself after a row with his girlfriend, in a township in the city of East London. -- from Yahoo
The turtle pond on the north side of the tower was created in memory of those who died, yet there is no plaque...its something the UT administration would rather forget. There are still bullet holes on statues on the south mall that have never been fixed. Scary thing is Whitman killed or injured a person walking on MLK (I don't know what it was called in 1966). MLK is far
I don't want to steal another poster's thunder, but when I heard Kim's story, I balled. Never met her, but from all I know, a wonderful person.
I'm from Jonesboro, AR where this incident happened. My cousin had a friend who died that day. R.I.P. Paige Ann Herring
I guess I don't realize how some of these things I post, can affect people personally... ADMIN, if you see fit, please delete post as to not stir up too many bad or sad memories. rH
Absolutely. She was one of the nicest people I met in High School. I took her to the Guns-N-Roses / Metallica concert my junior year. Always a good person to be around.
No, rockHEAD, I don't think that's what people are saying, especially in Kim's case. Her story is very touching and inspiring, I just know someone else who can tell it much better.
I was in year 9 when that happened, my maths teacher's cousins were killed at Port Arthur. He was never the same after that. +
Kim was a sorority sister of mine. She was the first person I talked to at my sorority during rush and remained a good friend throughout. She was an amazing person who was dedicated to Christ and had a sense of faith I envy. Another mutual friend of ours was there that day, near Kim. She told us that when someone came in and shouted that there was a man with a gun, everybody got under the pews, but because where Kim was sitting, she could not get under the pew. The whole time she prayed, not that God would save her, but rather that He is an awesome God and thanked him for his presence in her life. She prayed that selfless prayer right up until she was shot and killed. While I hate that she is gone, I am comforted by the fact that her goal was to spread the word of Christ, which she did by her death, when her memorial service was aired in Saudia Arabia, for her parents who lived there, a place where it is against the law to speak the name Christ in the street. She is my reminder that there is a plan, and even when it sucks, it is a good plan. sorry if that was a little heavy.
Another that I remember that isn't on this list was the shootings at Cleveland Elementary in Stockton, California in 1989. Twenty-six year-old Patrick Purdy fired over 100 rounds of ammunition into the schoolyard. Five children were killed and 29 were wounded.
This is off of what mrpaige said... It seems to me like there should have been more on there (not that I want more, the list was just shorter than I expected).
I remember the Cleveland school incident, being from Stockton. It made the Columbine and other shootings just a little more painful and easy to relate to.
