Daily Archives: May 21, 2018

Teen gunman opens fire in Oregon high school 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 21 1998)


Video: '5/21/1998 CNN Today - Thurston High School Shooting (Part 1)'

(Thursday, May 21, 1998; shortly before 8:00 a.m PDT) — An expelled student opened fire inside Thurston High School today in Springfield, Oregon, killing two students (Ben Walker and Mikael Nickolauson) and wounding another 25 people, a day after he killed his parents. Continue reading Teen gunman opens fire in Oregon high school 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 21 1998)

Teen gunman opens fire in Oregon high school 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 21 1998)


Video: '5/21/1998 CNN Today - Thurston High School Shooting (Part 1)'

(Thursday, May 21, 1998; shortly before 8:00 a.m PDT) — An expelled student opened fire inside Thurston High School today in Springfield, Oregon, killing two students (Ben Walker and Mikael Nickolauson) and wounding another 25 people, a day after he killed his parents. Continue reading Teen gunman opens fire in Oregon high school 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 21 1998)

Republicans nominate Grant-Colfax ticket 150 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 21 1868)

(Thursday, May 21, 1868) — General Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois, the Union commander in the American Civil War and the Commanding General of the United States Army since 1864, was unanimously nominated for President unopposed on the first ballot today at the 1868 Republican National Convention meeting at Crosby’s Opera House in Chicago. Continue reading Republicans nominate Grant-Colfax ticket 150 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 21 1868)