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University of Texas Mass Shooting: 14 Dead, 31 Injured

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On August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, a 25-year-old student and former marine, opened fire from the observation platform of the University of Texas Tower, killing 14 people and injuring 31 in a 96-minute rampage. The attack was one of the worst massacres at that time in a public space in the United States.

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