UWEM Timeline
March 31, 2015
Nov. 10, 1979
Estimated 1,200 protested U.S. action in the Middle East. Fighting and disruptions occured.
November 1979
UW employee shot to death on Parrington Lawn. Boyfriend was arrested as the suspect a few days later.
June 18, 1978
Sniper on campus critically wounded women during a women’s conference.
April 21, 1977
Five hostages taken at Bagley Hall, bound and placed on the floor while the suspects attempted to rob the building. Shots were fired, but no injuries.
June 1975
Pipe bomb found in the bottom of the Administration Building. Defused by Seattle police bomb squad before it could detonate.
May 4, 1974
Protesters broke into 12 Padelford Hall offices and caused $10,000 in damage.
April 4, 1973
Shooting between Kane and Condon Hall. One fatality. Suspect arrested. Weapon was a .38 caliber hand gun.
October 1970
Clark Hall, the ROTC building, was the target of a bombing. Unknown damage.
June 29, 1970
Gerberding Hall was the target of a bomb; $291,000 in damage to Gerberding Hall, Suzzallo Library and Parrington Hall. Structural damage to Gerberding Hall was extensive.
March 12, 1970
200 Seattle and King County police officers occupied buildings at the University of Washington after demonstrations over several days by the Black Students Union and the Seattle Liberation Front disrupted classes and injured 17 people.
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