UWEM Timeline
April 2, 2015
November 1989
Apple Cup. Thousands of football spectators rushed the field, overwhelming police and security officers. Objects were thrown at the officers and the goal posts were uprooted. Three officers and numerous students were injured and required medical treatment.
July 25, 1989
Two UW students, one male and one female, were shot to death as they stood outside their classroom. The suspect was the former boyfriend of the female student. Total of nine shots fired. No other injuries reported. Suspect was quickly arrested.
May 18, 1989
Engineering building fire caused by arson. $200,000 in computers were lost and $10,000 in structural damage.
May 15, 1989
Engineering building fire. Deemed unlikely to be arson. Caused $15,000 in damage to equipment.
March 29, 1989
Officer-involved shooting of a suspect who attacked two UWPD officers with a knife. Wounded UWPD officer fatally shot the suspect in defense of his and a fellow UWPD officer’s life. The shooting was determined to be justified.
April 1, 2015
Dec. 17, 1988
Bagley Hall fire in one of the labs was caused by an overheated motor igniting nearby combustible materials.
Feb. 25, 1987
At 10:09 a.m., a section of Husky Stadium that was under construction collapsed. It was a 215-foot addition to the bleachers; it collapsed into a 250-ton pile of steel. No injuries occurred.
March 4, 1985
A major fire occurred on the 13th floor of the Health Sciences BB Tower (Room BB-131). It started in a fume hood when a Bunsen burner caught a rubber tube on fire – then spread outside the fume hood. The lab technician was unable to turn off the gas feeding the burner and it quickly…
March 31, 2015
Nov. 13-15, 1981
Unusual event of a pair of storms hitting the Pacific NW. The first was on Nov 13 and the second on Nov 15.
May 18, 1980
Mount St. Helen’s Erupted.
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