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On This Day: Shooting at Oregon high school kills 2, injures 25

On May 21, 1998, two students were killed and 25 wounded by a classmate who opened fire in a high school cafeteria in Springfield, Ore.

By UPI Staff
A mother and daughter reflect at a candlelight vigil May 22,1998, in Springfield, Ore., for victims of a shooting at the high school the previous Thursday. UPI File Photo
1 of 3 | A mother and daughter reflect at a candlelight vigil May 22,1998, in Springfield, Ore., for victims of a shooting at the high school the previous Thursday. UPI File Photo | License Photo

On this date in history:

In 1832, the first Democratic Party national convention convened in Baltimore.

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In 1856, Lawrence, Kan., was burned by pro-slavery forces.

In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed the Spirit of St. Louis in Paris, completing the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic in 33 1/2 hours.

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In 1932, five years to the day after Charles Lindbergh ended his historic flight, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from Newfoundland, Canada, to Ireland. She completed her flight in 13 1/2 hours.

In 1941, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed "an unlimited state of national emergency" -- seven months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

In 1988, Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev, in an effort to consolidate power, sacked the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan after bloody nationalist demonstrations over the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh.

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In 1991, former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated while campaigning.

In 1998, two students were killed and 25 wounded by a classmate who opened fire in a high school cafeteria in Springfield, Ore. The 15-year-old shooter, Kipland "Kip" Kinkel, had also killed his parents. He was sentenced to 111 years in prison.

In 2003, an earthquake near Algiers, Algeria, killed more than 2,200 people and injured another 10,000.

In 2006, the FBI accused U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and said agents found $90,000 of the money in a freezer at his home. Jefferson was eventually sentenced to 13 years in federal prison.

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In 2012, a New Jersey judge sentenced Dharun Ravi to 30 days in jail, 300 hours of community service, three years' probation and ordered him to contribute $10,000 to an organization that helps victims of bias crimes. Ravi had been convicted of invasion of privacy and other charges for using a webcam to spy on his gay college roommate, Tyler Clementi, who later killed himself by jumping off a bridge.

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