2014 Event Pakistani officials have arrested suspects in the Taliban's military school attack that killed 148 people; the government has lifted a death penalty moratorium and has bombed militant strongholds along the Afghan border to address terrorist violence 2014 Event By court order, student athletes can now profit from commercial use of their names and images; NCAA had previously retained all revenues from such deals, but students will now have profits placed in trust funds to be received upon leaving school 2013 Event An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, causes 15 deaths and major damage to nearby buildings, residences, a nursing home and middle school 2012 Event In the U.S. state of Connecticut, a shooter kills 29 people, including 20 children, himself and his mother at Sandy Hook Elementary School 2012 Event Egypt's minister of transport, Mohamed Rashad Al Matini, resigns after a school bus carrying 60 schoolchildren is hit by a train near Manfalut, 230 miles south of Cairo 2012 Event The Chicago Teachers Union leadership votes to suspend the strike; teachers go back to school as union members review a tentative pact with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel 2012 Event In China, thousands protest plans to introduce national patriotism lessons in Hong Kong school, labeling it Chines propaganda 2012 Event Richard Dawkins, an atheist, ethologist and evolutionary biologist, approves of British education secretary Michael Gove's plan of sending free King James Bibles to every state school 2012 Event A Harvard Medical School study claims that red meat increases the risk of death and has additional negative health implications 2011 Event Heavy rain in Pennsylvania causes 1,000 Hershey Middle School students in the Derry Township School District to be stranded 2011 Event After losing a referendum on free school lunches, Seoul's mayor, Oh Se-hoon, resigns 2010 Event The Taliban blow up a girls' school in Huwaid, Pakistan, no one is killed 2004 Event After a 2-day standoff, Islamist terrorists murder about 340 held inside a school in Beslan, Russia 2000 Death Chris Rebello, high school football coach/child actor, Jaws, dies at 37 1999 Event Two disaffected students brought guns to their high school in Columbine, Colorado and murdered twelve students, one teacher and then killed themselves 1995 Event "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 23 performances 1995 Event "School for Scandal" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 23 performances 1995 Death Lynette Roberts, poet, studied at London's Central School for Arts and Crafts, dies at 86 1995 Death James Smiddy, high school basketball coach (1,216 wins), dies at 71 1995 Event 1st New York City Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years 1994 Death Ronald Ridout, school textbook author, dies at 78 1994 Event Algerian Moslem fundamentalists threaten school/Universities 1994 Death Arthur Berry, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985, dies at 69 1994 Event Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed) 1994 Death Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author, dies at 81 1994 Event Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed 1993 Event Serbian army fires on school in Sarajevo, 9 children died 1993 Death Ineke Shutter, choreography (Black Girl Goes to School), dies at 61 1992 Event Billy Joel, gets an honorary diploma from Hicksville High School at 43 1992 Event Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germ 1991 Event Condoms are handed out to thousands of New York High School students 1991 Event Pamela Smart (High School teacher) found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband 1989 Event Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school 1988 Birthday Vanessa Hudgens, born in Salinas, California, actress, singer, debut album, titled, 'V', certified Gold, screen debut, drama film, 'Thirteen', 2003, known for playing role of Gabriella Montez in High School Musical series 1988 Death Kurt Raab, writer/actor (Boarding School, Stationmaster's Wife), dies 1988 Death Ross Ford, actor (Reform School Girl, Jungle Patrol), dies 1988 Event Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities 1987 Event Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation 1987 Event National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet) 1986 Event AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School 1985 Event Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle 1984 Death Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74 1982 Event "Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 performances 1982 Event "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore New York City for 12 performances 1981 Death Samuel Barber, U.S. composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70 1979 Event 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period 1978 Event Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected 1978 Event In girls' High School basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St. George 1977 Event Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" and "Girl's School" 1977 Birthday Sarah Chalke, Ottawa, actress, Becky-Roseanne, Ernest Goes to School 1977 Event Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball 1976 Event Boy George expelled from school 1976 Event 36-hour kidnap of 26 school children and their bus driver in California 1974 Event National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing 1974 Event Mail truck terrorists take school in Maalot, 30 killed 1973 Event University of Texas (Arlington) is 1st accredited school to offer belly dancing 1973 Event Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1 1971 Event 6 Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses 1970 Birthday Chris O'Donnell, actor, School Ties, Robin-Batman Forever 1970 Event Arab terrorists kill 9 children and 3 adults on a school bus 1969 Death Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86 1968 Birthday Brendan Fraser, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, actor, School Ties, 20 Bucks 1967 Birthday Sheila Lussier, La Mesa California, actress, Reform School, My Chauffeur 1967 Birthday Courtney Thorne-Smith, actress, Day by Day, Lucas, Summer School 1966 Event 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan S Wales 1966 Event Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act 1965 Birthday Robert Downey, Jr., born in New York City, comedian, SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School 1964 Event North Carolina high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime 1964 Death Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78 1963 Event 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school 1963 Birthday Michelle Bell, Melrose, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1981 Mass School Girls Champ 1962 Event Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional 1962 Event Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, New York 1962 Event Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school 1961 Birthday Jay Aston, London, England, singer, youngest member of British pop group, Bucks Fizz, founded Jay Aston Theatre Arts School 1961 Death Maria Radulphus, Adrian Hermus, Curaeao school inspector, dies at 91 1960 Event Riot due to school integration in New Orleans 1960 Death Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80 1958 Event Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students and 3 nuns (Chic) 1958 Event U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate 1958 Birthday Taylor Negron, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Silvio-Detective School 1958 Event Frank Zappa graduates from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California 1958 Event President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central High School, Little Rock 1958 Birthday Giancarlo Esposito, actor, Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of New York 1958 Event William Faulkner says U.S. school degenerated to become babysitters 1957 Event White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw 1957 Event German sailing school ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean 1957 Event Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited 1957 Event Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school 1956 Event Miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV 1956 Event Black students enter Clay Kentucky elementary school 1956 Event Black students enter and are barred from Clay Kentucky elementary school 1956 Birthday Joanna M C "Annemarie" Henselmans, singer/cabaretiere, School Desk 1955 Event Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed" 1954 Event School integration begins in Washington D.C. and Baltimore Md public schools 1954 Birthday John Kimmel, born in East Orange, New Jersey, John C. Kimmel, horse trainer, trained at University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School, trained famous horses, Better Than Honour, Premium Tap, wins include Florida Derby, 2004, Pennsylvania Derby, 2007, among others 1954 Event School desegregation law, Brown vs. Board of education 1954 Death Julian Lowell Coolidge, mathematician (Study-Segre school), dies at 80 1953 Birthday David Leisner, born in America, teacher, classical guitarist, composer, taught at Manhattan School of Music, expert in focal dystonia 1953 Event Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee 1953 Birthday C. A. Barnett, headmaster, Whitgift School 1952 Birthday Sam Kinison, screaming comedian/actor, Back to School, Charlie Hoover 1952 Birthday Sylvia Kristel, Netherlands, actress, Emmanuelle, Priv School for Girls 1951 Birthday William "Bootsy" Collins, U.S. bassist, Psychotic bump school 1951 Event NAACP begins attack on school segregation and discrimination 1951 Event Netherlands Radio School forms 1950 Event Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus and high school rule 1950 Birthday P R Scott, Headmaster, Bancroft's School, Woodford Green 1950 Birthday Pamela Franklin, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Satan's School for Girls 1949 Event 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School 1948 Birthday Alice Cooper, Vincent Furnier, Detroit, rocker, School's Out 1948 Event Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players 1947 Birthday Barry Guy, born in London, England, composer, musician, double bass player, Guildhall School of Music teacher, influenced by contemporary jazz, member Michael Nyman Band 1947 Birthday Michael Mavor, Head Master, Rugby School 1945 Event During snow storm, school bus crashes, kills 15 (Washington) 1945 Event Cato-Meridian School, New York, installs germicidal lamps in every room 1944 Birthday Peter Hobson, headmaster, Giggleswick School 1944 Event U.S. B-24 crashes into school in Freckelton England, 76 killed 1944 Birthday R P Mardling, headmaster, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield 1942 Event Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada 1942 Event 1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee 1941 Birthday Colin Niven, Headmaster, Alleyn's School 1941 Event 1st U.S. Army flying school for black cadets dedicated 1941 Event Vichy-France makes religious education in school mandatory 1940 Birthday James Blyth, born in Britain, businessman, head of defense sales for Ministry of Defense, chairman, London Business School, CEO, The Boots Company 1939 Death George Nicholls, Jr., actor (Finishing School), dies at 42 1939 Birthday George Bain, principal, London Business School 1939 Birthday N R Bomford, head master, Harrow School 1939 Event Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a U.S. graduate school 1938 Event School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah 1938 Event Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public and High School 1938 Birthday Keith Peters, born in Baglan, Wales, physician, head of the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge 1937 Event 1st Santa Claus Training School opens in Albion, New York 1937 Birthday David Summerscale, head master, Westminster School England 1937 Event Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die 1937 Birthday P J Squire, British headmaster, Bedford Modern School 1937 Birthday S J B Langdale, Headmaster, Shrewsbury School 1936 Birthday Marva Nettles Collins, educator, west side preparatory school 1936 Birthday Sally Kellerman, Long Beach Cal, actress, M*A*S*H, Back to School 1936 Birthday Janet Allen, Headmistress, Benenden School 1935 Death John H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78 1934 Birthday David Jones, British reverend and headmaster, Bryanston School 1934 Birthday Bryan Bass, headmaster, City of London School 1934 Event 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn) 1933 Birthday D A Fenner, British headmaster, Alleyn's School 1933 Event Jewish students are barred from school in Germany 1933 Birthday Philip Corner, born in America, composer, visual artist, taught by Fritz Jahoda, teacher, Modern Music at the New School for Social Research 1933 Birthday Akira Miyoshi, born in Suginami, Tokyo, composer, influenced by Henri Dutilleux, professor, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Japan 1932 Event Walt Disney Art School created 1932 Birthday Mary Moon, Headmistress, Manchester High School for Girls 1932 Birthday Dom Philip Jebb, headmaster, Downside School Great Britain 1932 Birthday Alistair Graham, headmaster, Mill Hill School 1932 Birthday A J Zuckerman, Dean, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine 1930 Death Alois Jirasek, writer, taught secondary school, wrote plays, historical novels, including, 'Against Everyone', dies in Prague, Czechoslovakia 1929 Death Thomas F Tout, historian (Manch school of historiography), dies at 74 1929 Birthday Sally L Smith, educator/founder, Lab School of Wash 1928 Birthday Peter Moore, Principal, London Business School 1927 Birthday Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum 1927 Event Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens 1927 Birthday Robert Brustein, born in New York City, dean, Yale School of Drama 1926 Birthday James Hele, high master, St. Paul's School 1926 Event Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland 1925 Event Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution 1925 Event Scopes guilty of teaching evolution in a Tennessee High School, fined $100 and costs 1925 Birthday Arthur Berry, born in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, England, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985 1924 Event School in Babb's Switch, Oklahoma catches fire, 36 die 1924 Event 57,000 watch a High School football game (LA and Polytechnic tie 7-7) 1924 Event Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland High School basketball game (163-3) 1924 Birthday Lionel Dakers, director, Royal School of Church Music 1923 Death Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39 1923 Birthday Dika Newlin, born in Portland, Oregon, composer, child prodigy, began composing music at age 7, completed high school at 12, studied with Schoenberg at University of California at Los Angeles 1923 Event Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC) 1922 Birthday Max Bygraves, London, actor, Tom Brown's School Days 1922 Birthday GMcC Kitson, British principal, Central School of Speech/Drama 1922 Birthday Margaret Scott, founder, Australian Ballet School 1920 Event Java Technical School Bandung opens 1920 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber passes school laws 1919 Birthday Ike Isaacs, born in Rangoon, Burma, guitarist, played jazz, known for work with Stephane Grappelli, played with Denny Wright in group Velvet in 1970's, taught at the Sydney Guitar School 1919 Birthday Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist, opppsed prayer in school 1918 Birthday Eugene List, Philadelphia Penn, pianist and professor, Eastman School of Music 1918 Birthday Dom Aelred Watkin, headmaster, Downside School 1918 Event Army chaplain school organizes at Ft. Monroe Va 1917 Death Andrew Taylor Still, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine, died at age 89 1917 Death Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79 1917 Event Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School 1916 Birthday Ronald Ridout, school textbook author 1915 Event International School for Wijsbegeerte forms 1914 Death J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69 1913 Birthday Mary Green, headmistress, Kidbrooke School 1913 Birthday Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author 1910 Death Willem Maris, painter (Hague School), dies at 66 1910 Birthday Dorothy Maynor, born in Norfolk, Virginia, soprano/founder, Harlem School of Arts 1910 Birthday Samuel Barber, born in Westchester, Pennsylvania, composer, Pulitz, School for Scandal 1910 Death Leon Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies at 75 1909 Event 1st junior high school established (Berkeley California) 1909 Birthday Lynette Roberts, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Evelyn Beatrice Roberts, poet, studied at London's Central School for Arts and Crafts, Faber and Faber published works, 'Poems', 'Gods with stainless ears; a heroic poem' 1909 Event Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women 1909 Event 1st U.S. university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota 1909 Event 1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio 1908 Event Collingwood Ohio primary school catches fire; 180 die 1907 Event Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome) 1906 Event San Francisco begins school for "Asians" 1906 Event Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem 1905 Birthday Ruby Middleton Forsythe, teacher, 50 years in 1 room school in SC 1905 Event Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School 1905 Event Waseda University of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball 1904 Event Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal and Industrial School 1901 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School" 1900 Birthday David Wynne, born in Penderyn, Wales, composer, studied at University of Wales, Cardiff, University of Bristol, Head of Music, Lewis School Pengam, professor of composition, Cardiff College of Music and Drama 1900 Birthday Stephen Potter, humorist and writer, School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders 1897 Event John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal 1895 Birthday Richard Goolden, born in London, England, actor, School for Husbands 1892 Event Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass 1890 Event 1st U.S. college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin 1887 Event 1st U.S. school of librarianship opens at Columbia University 1885 Birthday Dirk H W Filarski, Dutch painter/lithographer, Bergense School 1884 Birthday Michel de Klerk, architect, Amsterdam School 1883 Birthday Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect, Bauhaus school of design 1881 Birthday Piet L. Kramer, architect, Amsterdam School 1880 Birthday Mahlon Hamilton, born in Virginia, actor, Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi 1880 Birthday Rosina Lhevinne, born in Kiev, Ukraine, pianist and professor, Juiliard Graduate School 1877 Event Rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen 1876 Event U.S. Coast Guard officers' training school established New Bedford, Massachusetts 1873 Birthday Julian Lowell Coolidge, Massachusetts, mathematician, Study-Segre school 1873 Event 1st kindergarten public school opens in St. Louis 1873 Event University of California gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF) 1871 Event Phoebe Couzins is 1st woman graduate of a U.S. collegiate law school 1867 Event 1st Girl School opens in Haarlem, Netherlands 1867 Event Robert T Freeman is 1st black to graduate from Harvard Dental School 1867 Event 1st U.S. dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established 1866 Birthday Martha McChesney Berry, U.S., founded Berry School for Children 1866 Birthday Ernest Watson Burgess, U.S. sociologist, ecological school 1865 Birthday Robert Henri, U.S. painter, leader of Ashcan school 1865 Event MIT forms 1st U.S. collegiate architectural school 1864 Event 1st U.S. mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, New York 1863 Birthday Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer, Boarding School 1861 Event 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia 1861 Event 1st U.S. nursing school chartered 1855 Birthday Thomas F Tout, London, historian, Manchester school of historiography 1852 Birthday William Stewart Halsted, established 1st U.S. surgical school 1852 Event Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school 1851 Birthday Alois Jirasek, born in Czechoslovakia, writer, taught secondary school, wrote plays, historical novels, including, 'Against Everyone' 1850 Event 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens 1850 Event Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) 1848 Event 1st U.S. woman's medical school opens (Boston) 1848 Event Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston 1845 Event Naval School (now called U.S. Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis 1844 Birthday Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator, Boston Cooking School 1844 Birthday J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter, Haagse school 1844 Birthday Willem Maris, Dutch painter, Hague School 1839 Event 1st state normal school in U.S. opens, Lexington, Massachusetts, with 3 students 1838 Event Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions 1833 Event Boston Academy of Music, 1st U.S. music school, established 1829 Event Ohio authorizes high school night classes 1828 Birthday Andrew Taylor Still, born in Lee County, Virginia, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine 1827 Event 1st U.S. swim school opens (Boston Mass) 1823 Birthday Thomas Hughes, England, author, Tom Brown's School Days 1823 Event 1st normal school in U.S. opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt 1822 Event Veterinary school in Utrecht opens 1817 Event 1st U.S. school for deaf (Hartford, Conn) 1817 Event 1st American school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Connecticut 1813 Event Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in U.S. (NY) 1803 Birthday Prudence Crandall, founder, School for "young ladies of colour" 1801 Birthday Thomas Cole, U.S., romantic landscape painter, Hudson River School 1791 Event 1st U.S. law school established at University of Pennsylvania 1789 Death Charles-Michel abbe de l'Epee, (school for the deaf), dies at 77 1787 Event 1st free school in New York City (African Free School) opens 1787 Event Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities 1787 Birthday Emma Willard, U.S., opens school for young ladies, Hall of Fame 1784 Event E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain 1777 Event RB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London 1770 Event Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia 1769 Death Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan 1750 Event 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md 1736 Birthday Robert Raikes, England, Sunday school pioneer 1712 Birthday Charles-Michel abbe de l'Epee, French educator, school for the deaf 1704 Event Elias Neau forms school for slaves in New York 1704 Event Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York City 1701 Event Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven 1647 Event Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. compulsory school attendance law 1639 Event Dorchester Massachusetts, forms 1st school funded by local taxes 1635 Event Oldest U.S. public institution, Boston Latin School founded 1613 Birthday Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, Night School 1559 Death Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83 1517 Death John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 1483 Birthday Raphael, born in Urbino, Italy, painter, School of Athens 1476 Birthday Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder, Kano school of painting 1337 Death Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54
