The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting in Colorado in which two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed twelve fellow students and one teacher before killing themselves. They had planned a much larger bombing, but the explosives they made did not detonate. The attack was widely broadcast live and shocked the United States, leading to debates about gun laws, bullying, video games and school security. It also prompted police forces to change their tactics for dealing with active shooters, so that officers now enter the building without waiting for special units. The name Columbine has since been cited by perpetrators of other attacks, which has caused continuing concern.
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- from 24 March 1999 to 10 June 1999NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
- from 28 March 1999 to 29 July 2025Premiere of Futurama
- 1 April 1999Founding of Paranal Observatory
- from 9 April 1999 to 10 June 1999Battle of Koshare
- 20 April 1999Columbine High School massacre
- from 21 April 1999 to 18 August 2003Second Liberian Civil War
- 1 May 1999Premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants
- from 3 May 1999 to 26 July 1999Kargil War
- 7 May 1999United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
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