Columbine High School shooting: References & Edit History

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  • Tracy Grant
    Tracy Grant is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She previously served as editor in chief, the first woman to hold that title. 

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: ABC News - 20 years after Columbine, what's changed -- and what hasn't -- for school shootings in America. Jul 20, 2026
Add new Web site: History Today - Columbine 25 Years On. May 28, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 13, 2026
Article thoroughly revised. Apr 09, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC News - 20 years after Columbine, what's changed -- and what hasn't -- for school shootings in America. Jan 16, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - Witness History -The Columbine massacre. Dec 01, 2025
Clarified death toll in Top Questions. Jun 11, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 17, 2025
Updated for the death of Anne Marie Hochhalter. Mar 14, 2025
Add new Web site: FBI - Echoes of Columbine. Feb 14, 2025
Add new Web site: American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science Advances - Effecting change in the aftermath of school shootings. Dec 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at University of South Florida - Media and Mass Shootings: Field Theory in CNN News Coverage of The Columbine High School and Parkland High School Mass Shootings. Oct 21, 2024
Add new Web site: ABC News - US school shooting: Legacy of Columbine High School massacre 19 years later. Jun 17, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Colorado Denver - College of Arts and Sciences - A Brief History of Columbine and its Effect. Dec 03, 2023
Infogram added. Feb 16, 2023
Updated with link to mass shootings graphic. Jan 23, 2023
Add new Web site: HCC Learning Web - The social ecology of the Columbine High School shootings. Jan 02, 2023
Add new Web site: Columbia University - The Columbine Shooting: Live Television Coverage. Aug 23, 2022
Corrected display issue. Feb 27, 2019
Add new Web site: Colorado Encyclopedia - Columbine Massacre. Nov 27, 2018
Add new Web site: CNN - Since Columbine in 1999, Colorado continues to be scarred by gun violence. Aug 23, 2018
Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - The Columbine Massacre. Jun 20, 2018
Added a quote from the official Jefferson County Sheriff's Office account of the events at Columbine High School. Jul 10, 2015
Media added. Mar 05, 2012
Claim that Columbine was the "deadliest school shooting in the United States until April 2007" removed. Mar 05, 2012
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Columbine High School shootings. Aug 31, 2011
Added photograph. Oct 15, 2009
Deleted sentence about Trench Coat Mafia. Apr 20, 2009
New article added. Apr 17, 2009
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