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May 8, 2024 · Dunblane school massacre, mass shooting on March 13, 1996, in which a gunman invaded a primary school in the small Scottish town of Dunblane and shot to death 16 young children and their teacher before turning a gun on himself. The gunman, Thomas Hamilton, lived in the town. On the day of the massacre, he drove into the school parking lot at ...
May 7, 2024 · The whales rely on echolocation, which means the sound of the boats - including jet skis and speedboats - places the pod in a “state of terror”, then “mostly men” descend on them and ...
2 days ago · Norway, country of northern Europe that occupies the western half of the Scandinavian peninsula. Nearly half of the inhabitants of the country live in the far south, in the region around Oslo, the capital. About two-thirds of Norway is mountainous, and off its much-indented coastline lie, carved by deep glacial fjords, some 50,000 islands.
4 days ago · THE 10 BEST Norway Spas & Wellness Centers. 1. Aquarama Bad. 2. Skien Fritidspark. We visited the park and had a good time with all the different activities: water slide with racing timer, wave pool... 3. The Well Spa Resort. The spa is immaculate and spotlessly clean, the freedom of nudity is awesome and everyone is really respectful toward...
May 6, 2024 · Jonestown, location of the mass murder-suicide of the California-based Peoples Temple cult at the behest of their charismatic but paranoid leader, Jim Jones, in Jonestown agricultural commune, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. The death toll exceeded 900, making it one of the largest mass deaths in American history.
May 9, 2024 · Sharpeville massacre, incident in the Black township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging, South Africa, on March 21 1960, in which police fired on a crowd of Black people, killing or wounding some 250 of them. It was one of the first and most violent demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa.
May 5, 2024 · Oslo, capital and largest city of Norway. It lies at the head of Oslo Fjord in the southeastern part of the country. The original site of Oslo was east of the Aker River. The city was founded by King Harald Hardraade about 1050, and about 1300 the Akershus fortress was built by Haakon V. After the city was destroyed by fire in 1624, Christian ...
