Today in History: Oscar Pistorius arrested for shooting and killing Reeva Steenkamp

2013 – Olympic and Paralympic Athlete Faces Murder Charges
Oscar Pistorius, who had recently competed in both the Olympics and Paralympics as a runner, was arrested over shooting and killing his model/actress girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The double amputee was known as a hero in South Africa.

1929 – St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Seven gangster rivals of Al Capone were murdered in Chicago when Jack “Machine Gun” McGurn ordered the kill of rival George “Bugs” Moran.

1948 – U.S.A. NASCAR
NASCAR holds its first race for modified stock cars on a 3.2 mile-course at Daytona Beach.

2000 – U.S.A. Tornadoes
A series of tornadoes had swept through Georgia during a more unusual time of the year-in the winter. Most tornadoes usually occur in the spring when cold air collides with warm air. Five tornadoes in all had swept through Colquitt, Tift, Mitchell and Grady counties. These counties were/are located about 200 miles south of Atlanta. The most powerful of all the twisters that moved through this area was the F3, which had torn down 200 mobile homes in Camilla (a small town). Most people were sleeping at the time this tornado had occurred, so of course it had caught them by surprise.

2008 – Shooting At Northern Illinois University
A former student of Northern Illinois University Steven Kazmierczak opens fire at a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University killing 7 and injuring 14 more, The school placed the campus on lock down, and students and teachers were advised to head to a secure location or take cover. The perpetrator died at the scene, and this was the fourth-deadliest university shooting in the United States.

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