Today in History: April 20, the Columbine High School shootings

In contemporary times is Sunday April the th day of There are days left in the year This day is Easter Nowadays in history On April two students shot and killed classmates and one lecturer and injured others before taking their own lives at Columbine High School near Denver Colorado Also on this date In the fourth vice president of the United States George Clinton died in Washington at age becoming the first vice president to die while in office Related Articles Currently in History April federal building bombed in Oklahoma City In current times in History April the San Francisco earthquake Colorado s Fort Lewis College a former Indian boarding school names its first Native American president In the current era in History April the Bay of Pigs Invasion In the modern day in History April the Virginia Tech shooting In Boston s Fenway Park now the oldest advancing stadium in Major League Baseball hosted its first official baseball event in front of an estimated spectators The Red Sox defeated the New York Highlanders - in innings In militia and Colorado National Guard members opened fire on an encampment of striking coal miners and their families in Ludlow Colorado at least people in the camp including children and one National Guard member were killed in the Ludlow Massacre In the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools In Apollo s lunar module carrying astronauts John W Young and Charles M Duke Jr landed on the moon In following an absence of over six decades Russian-born pianist Vladimir Horowitz returned to the Soviet Union to perform a concert at the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow In an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform leased by BP killed workers and caused a blowout that began spewing an estimated million gallons million liters of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico The well was certainly capped nearly three months later In former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was ascertained guilty of murder and manslaughter charges for the killing of George Floyd Chauvin was later sentenced to years in prison In contemporary times s Birthdays Actor George Takei is Actor Jessica Lange is Actor Clint Howard is Former MLB first baseman Don Mattingly is Actor Crispin Glover is Actor Andy Serkis is Actor Shemar Moore is Actor-model Carmen Electra is Reggae musician Stephen Marley is Rapper Killer Mike is Actor Joey Lawrence is Model Miranda Kerr is Former NFL linebacker Luke Kuechly is