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Through numerous reproductions in mass media and popular culture, the attacks have an important cultural meaning for many people: "The attacks percolate as a central theme or historical backdrop in countless works of art, which bear witness to the complexity of 9/11 as historical, political, and media event, and contribute to the negotiation of its cultural meaning."
Mass shooting against African-American shoppers at a Tops Friendly Markets. Suspect said motive was to prevent others from 'eliminating the white race' Robb Elementary School shooting: 2022 May 24 Uvalde: Texas: 22 One of the deadliest school shootings in American history, [48] leaving 19 children and 2 adults dead. The perpetrator was killed ...
Date Location Dead Injured Total Description January 1, 2025 New Orleans, Louisiana: 15 [n 1] [n 2] +50: 2025 New Orleans truck attack: After a Texas man, who was inspired by the Islamic State, drove a rented truck through Bourbon Street in the French Quarter neighborhood to kill fourteen people and injure several dozen others with the truck during the New Year's celebrations, he crashed into ...
The Spanish Flu, the second deadliest pandemic in history after the bubonic plague, along with the aftermath of World War I and ensuing political and social chaos, made 1918 a tough time to be alive.
Deadliest mass shootings in the United States by year Year Incident Location Deaths Injuries Ref; 2011 Seal Beach shooting: Seal Beach, California: 8 1 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting† Newtown, Connecticut: 27 2 2013 Washington Navy Yard shooting† Washington D.C. 12 1 2014 Montgomery County shootings† Montgomery County ...
The attack, which left 58 people dead and more than 500 injured, marked the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The death toll surpassed the Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre , which ...
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator 1 March 8, 1782 Massacre 96 2 Gnadenhutten, Ohio (then part of the Indian reserve / Ohio Country) : Gnadenhutten massacre – Pennsylvania militia round up and execute 96 unarmed pacifist Christian Delaware (Lenape) Indians, including 69 women and children, as revenge for raids against settlers (carried out by other Indians) as well as in ...
The deadliest wildfire event in modern U.S. history occurred in August 2023 on the Hawaiian Islands. The Lahaina Fire devastated parts of Maui and led to the deaths of at least 102 people.