What significant events happened on this day, April 19th, in History?”
Brian Levin, J.D. Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University Posted: April 19, 2010 10:00 AM 15 Years Since, Lessons Remain From Oklahoma City Bombing One of my most enduring memories of the Oklahoma City Bombing, which occurred fifteen years ago today, is not even about the bombing or the day itself, but the murderer. How incredibly average and unremarkable the bomber looked, I thought to myself as I sat yards away from Timothy McVeigh in a Federal Distict Court trial in Denver in the Spring of 1997. The April 19, 1995 ammonium nitrate truck bomb detonated by McVeigh killed 168 and at the time was the worst act of domestic terrorism on American soil in the nation’s history, and remains the worst committed by an American. Worst Terrorist Incidents Directed Towards Americans by U.S. Deaths 1. 9/11 Attacks, Incendiary Bombing by Aircraft, NY, DC, PA 2973 killed, 9/11/ 2001 Al Qaeda 2. U.S. Marine Barracks, Truck Bombing , Beirut, Leb., 241killed (US
Back in 1995, on the 19th of April, the city of Oklahoma hosted one of the most devastating terrorist assault recorded in the history of the United States. A truck filled with highly explosive material was blown up in front of a federal building in the city. The incident claimed lives of 168 citizens which were there at the time of the blast. Timothy McVeigh was accused of the bombing. He got sentenced with murder charges and was put to death on the 11th of June 2001. Terry Nicholas was also found guilty of working together with McVeigh. He is now facing a life sentence. Today a lot of people are expected to arrive at the Oklahoma City’s First Christian Church for the 15th anniversary of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building bombing to give honor to the victims of the blast. Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the US Dept. of Homeland Security is probable to address the crowd at the ceremony before 9 am. The incident that shook the Oklahoma City in the 90s changed a lot of things. Now the s
Here are some interesting things that happened on April 19th in history including the Oklahoma City bombing. For a complete list check out the link at the bottom, too. 1770 – Captain James Cook sights Australia. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The war begins with the battles of Lexington and Concord. 1839 – The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom. 1919 – Leslie Irvin of the United States makes the first successful voluntary free-fall parachute jump using a new kind of self-contained parachute. 1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III of Monaco. 1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death for the Sharon Tate murders. 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168. That same day convicted murderer Richard Wayne Snell, who had ties to bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh, is executed in Arkansas.
