Columbine
Encyclopedia
Places and events
- Columbine, ColoradoColumbine, ColoradoColumbine is a census-designated place in Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Located mostly in Jefferson County, it lies immediately west of Littleton....
, an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Colorado, near the cities of Denver and Littleton - Columbine (Clark, Colorado), also known as Columbine Gold Camp, listed on the NRHP in Colorado
- Columbine High SchoolColumbine High SchoolColumbine High School or CHS is a high school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.- History :Columbine High School opened in the fall of 1973. There was no senior class in its first year. The school's first graduating class was the class of 1975...
, a school in Columbine, Colorado - Columbine High School massacreColumbine High School massacreThe Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12...
, a 1999 school shooting at Columbine High School - Columbine Mine massacreColumbine Mine massacreThe first Columbine Massacre, sometimes called the Columbine Mine massacre to distinguish it from the Columbine High School massacre, occurred in 1927, in the town of Serene, Colorado. A fight broke out between Colorado state police and a group of striking coal miners, during which the unarmed...
, a 1927 mine strike and massacre at a coal mine at Serene, Colorado
Art and entertainment
- Columbine (book)Columbine (book)Columbine is the award-winning non-fiction bestseller written by Dave Cullen and published by Twelve on April 6, 2009. It is a comprehensive examination of the Columbine High School massacre, perpetrated by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold on April 20, 1999...
, the 2009 Edgar-Award winning bestseller about the massacre - Bowling for ColumbineBowling for ColumbineBowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary film written, directed, produced, and narrated by Michael Moore. The film explores what Michael Moore suggests are the causes for the Columbine High School massacre and other acts of violence with guns...
, a 2002 film exploring the 1999 massacre and other violent acts in the United States - Columbine (album)Columbine (album)Columbine is the debut studio album by Danish singer-songwriter Aura Dione. It was released on January 28, 2008 in Denmark by Music for Dreams, and on November 27, 2009 in Germany by Island Records...
, an album by Danish singer-songwriter Aura DioneAura DioneMariah Dione , professionally known as Aura Dione, is a Danish singer-songwriter of Faroese, Spanish, French and Danish origin. In 2008 she released her debut album, Columbine which as of 2011 has sold 100,000 copies worldwide... - ColumbinaColumbinaColumbine is a fictional character in the Commedia dell'Arte. She is Harlequin's mistress, a comic servant playing the tricky slave type, and wife of Pierrot...
, a misspelling for the English "Columbine" (sometimes also for the Italian Colombina) a stock character in the English harlequinade pantomime, derived from the Commedia dell'arte - "Columbine", a painting by Max BeckmannMax BeckmannMax Beckmann was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement...
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Vehicles
- Columbine, a locomotive of the Grand Junction RailwayGrand Junction RailwayThe Grand Junction Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 when it was merged into the London and North Western Railway...
- Columbine II and Columbine III, the Lockheed ConstellationLockheed ConstellationThe Lockheed Constellation was a propeller-driven airliner powered by four 18-cylinder radial Wright R-3350 engines. It was built by Lockheed between 1943 and 1958 at its Burbank, California, USA, facility. A total of 856 aircraft were produced in numerous models, all distinguished by a...
presidential aircraft used by US president Dwight D. Eisenhower - HMS ColumbineHMS ColumbineSix ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Columbine, after the common name for the plant Aquilegia. A seventh was planned, but renamed before being launched:...
, the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy - the Columbine (train), a passenger train operated by the Chicago & North Western and Union Pacific
Other
- AquilegiaAquilegiaAquilegia is a genus of about 60-70 species of perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher altitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere, known for the spurred petals of their flowers.-Etymology:The genus name Aquilegia is derived from the Latin word for eagle , because...
, the genus of flowering plants known by the common name "columbine" - Stiboges nymphidiaStiboges nymphidiaThe Columbine is a small but striking butterfly found in India that belongs to the "punches and judies" group of metalmark butterflies ....
, a metalmark butterfly commonly known as the Columbine - Columbine, a racehorse, competitor in two Grand Nationals, finishing fifth in the 1842 Grand National1842 Grand NationalThe 1842 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase was the fourth official annual running of a Steeple-chase, later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase handicap Horse race which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on March 2, 1842 and attracted fifteen runners.Although recorded by the...