1991 – University of Iowa Shootings

on 1991 November first a shooting happened at the University of Iowa with a weapon ‎Taurus.38-caliber revolver his name was Gang Lu.Lu was wearing a long, tan coat, his hair wet from early-winter sleet,he entered the room, where Ken Nishikawa rose to stand before an old-fashioned blackboard to lecture a group of seven. Lu briefly left, which some found odd, witnesses later told police.He returned minutes later and calmly walked to the head of the table, where professor Christoph Goertz sat. Lu reached into his coat pocket, pulled out

u was far from done. Three more were shot that day — department chair Dwight Nicholson and administrator T. Anne Cleary, who both died, and student Miya Rodolfo-Sioson, who was paralyzed — before Lu turned the gun on himself.

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Photos: 1991 Gang Lu shooting, memorials on University of Iowa campus
  • A wounded Miya Rodolfo-Sioson is rushed from Jessup Hall at the University of Iowa after she was shot by another student, Gang Lu, on Nov. 1, 1991.1 of 18
  • Johnson County paramedics move a shooting victim from Jessup Hall on the campus of the University of Iowa Nov. 1, 1991, after graduate student Gang Lu shot and killed five before killing himself.
  • Rescue personnel remove Linhua Shan, a reserach investigator in physics and chemistry at the University of Iowa, after a shooting spree on campus on Nov. 1, 1991. Five were killed.
  • University of Iowa engineering student Henry McGill reads a statement in front of Van Allen Hall Nov. 4, 1991. A wreath was placed nearby in memory of those killed Nov. 1 inside the building by gunman Gang Lu.
  • University of Iowa students Clarissa Ramos, left, and Dave Pasley, center, and Janet McLarty grieve during a memorial service Nov. 4, 1991, for those killed by Gang Lu on the University of Iowa campus.
  • Graduate students Nancy Mortensen and Al Beardsley embrace after a wreath-laying ceremony Nov. 5, 1991, at the University of Iowa.
  • A crowd gathered in Carver-Hawkeye Arena Nov. 7, 1991, to listen to tributes to those slain and injured in the Nov. 1, 1991, shooting on the Univeristy of Iowa campus.
  • Family and friends of T. Anne Clearly hug after her funeral services at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Iowa City, Nov. 4, 1991. Cleary was the Unviersity of Iowa vice president for academic affairs and shot by a student on campus.
  • A campus security officer checks the hallway outside the sealed Office of Academic Affairs in Jessup Hall at the University of Iowa Nov. 2, 1991, after five were killed in a shooting spree on campus.
  • Darlyne and John Neff release emotions during a service of rememberance for the the seven victims of the Nov. 1, 1991, shootings on the University of Iowa campus by Gang Lu. A researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Gang Lu fatally shot five members of the university community and wounded UI student Miya Rodolfo-Sioson before taking his own life. John Neff, retired professor of astronomy, was with the physics and astronomy department at the time of the shootings.
  • The Rev. Jason Chen carries a wreath across the University of Iowa campus on Nov. 1, 2001. Each Nov. 1 the Association of Campus Ministers has placed a wreath on the T. Ann Cleary Walkway, named for one of those shot by Gang Lu.
  • A casket bearing the body of T. Anne Cleary, University of Iowa associate vice president for academic affairs, is carried out of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Iowa City. Cleary was one of five people killed by Gang Lu during a shooting spree on campus Nov. 1, 1991.
  • T. Anne Cleary was a victim of the Gang Lu shooting on the University of Iowa campus on Nov. 1, 1991.
  • Dwight Nicholson was a victim of the Gang Lu shooting on the University of Iowa campus on Nov. 1, 1991.
  • Robert A. Smith was a victim of the Gang Lu shooting on the University of Iowa campus on Nov. 1, 1991.
  • Linhua Shan was a victim of the Gang Lu shooting on the University of Iowa campus on Nov. 1, 1991.
  • Christoph K. Goertz was a victim of the Gang Lu shooting on the University of Iowa campus on Nov. 1, 1991.
  • Miya Rodolfo-Sioson was a victim of the Gang Lu shooting on the University of Iowa campus on Nov. 1, 1991.

Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most explosive political events of the twentieth century. The violent revolution marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and centuries of Russian Imperial rule. During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule. The Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

In 1917, two revolutions swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and setting into motion political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. While the two revolutionary events took place within a few short months, social unrest in Russia had been simmering for decades.

The great chicago fire

on Oct.8  1971  the great Chicago fire started it burned for three days before it finally burned itself out Oct.10 1871 but before it ended it burnt 3.3 miles of a city and left 100,000 residents homeless.To me this is one on the most crazy fires because there is very diffrent theories of how it started one theorie is a cow kicked down a lantern and lit the barn on fire and it burnt an ENTIRE CITY DOWN More than 17,000 structures were destroyed and damages were estimated at $200 million.At the time of the fire, Chicago’s population was approximately 324,000; within nine years, there were some 500,000.Today, the Chicago Fire Department training academy is located on the site of the O’Leary property where the Great Chicago Fire started. In 1997, the Chicago City Council passed a resolution exonerating Catherine O’Leary, an Irish immigrant who died in 1895, and her cow.