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