The Las Vegas massacre was officially the worst mass shooting in modern US historyAlexandra Ma
capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2024. The 11th national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims was held on Friday at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng) ...
Six of the 12 deadliest shootings in the country have taken place in the past five years, as the shootings at the Las Vegas music festival, Pulse nightclub, Sutherland Springs church, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the San Bernardino regional center, and now the Walmart...
Word History and Origins Origin ofmassacre1 First recorded in1575–85;(noun), fromMiddle Frenchmassacre,noun derivative ofmassacrer,Old Frenchmaçacrer, macecler,probably from unattestedVulgar Latinmatteūcculāre,verbal derivative of unattestedmatteūca“mallet” (mashie,mace1); (verb) fromMiddle...
Xiaomei has documented his father's life in a book to show the impact the nightmare had on him. This book was published in Chinese, English and Japanese. "With my efforts I hope that more people can come to know and remember that history, understand the value of peace, and cherish the...
The first-everU.S. Justice Department reviewof the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre concluded Friday that while federal prosecution may have been possible a century ago there is no longer an avenue to bring a criminal case more than 100 years after one of theworst racial attacks in U.S. history. ...
During his time in China, Rabe recorded written entries and photographs in his diary, which has become an indispensable source of historical evidence for studying the Nanjing Massacre. "By making these records public, the truth of history can be recognized by the world," Reinhardt said, adding ...
HISTORY.com Editors Published: July 21, 2010 Last Updated: January 24, 2025 Print Copy In the Black township of Sharpeville, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Afrikaner police open fire on a group of unarmed Black South African demonstrators, killing 69 people and wounding 180 in a hail of ...
Kristen Oertel discusses the horrific incident in US history Dr. Kristen Oertel, the chairperson of the Department of History at the University of Tulsa, discusses the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, ahead of the event's 100-year ...
"We must help generations of people to remember that period of history, remember our suffering and inspire us to move forward on the road ahead." She began documenting her father's life in 2017 to share the impact the events had had on him with other people. Three years later, she publi...