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Today in History: December 14, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

Also on this day, the Dayton Accords were formally signed in Paris, ending the Bosnian War

A woman cries before a memorial at Sandy Hook Elementary School
A woman cries as she pays tribute to the victims of an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 15, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on December 14 after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)
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A gunman with a semiautomatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then took his own life as police arrived.

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