Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001)
The domestic terrorist who perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing.
Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001)
The domestic terrorist who perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing.
On this day in 1993, U.S. Federal agents raided the compound of an armed religious cult in Waco, TX. The ATF had planned to arrest the
leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh (below) on firearms
charges. Four agents and six Davidians were killed and a 51-day
standoff followed.
David Koresh (Vernon Wayne Howel)
(August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993)
The religious community at Mount Carmel burns to the ground at the
end of a 51 day standoff between David Koresh, Branch Davidians
and the FBI on the property located 10 miles west of Waco, Texas.
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK, was destroyed by a bomb on this day in 1995. It was the worst bombing
on U.S. territory. 168 people were killed including 19 children, and
500 were injured. Timothy McVeigh (below) was found guilty of the bombing on June 2, 1997.
The American Revolution began on this day in 1775 as fighting broke
out at Lexington, MA.
The Branch-Davidian’s compound in Waco, TX, burned to the ground
on this day in 1993. It was the end of a 51-day standoff between the
cult and U.S. federal agents. A total of 86 people were killed including
17 children. Nine of the Branch Davidians escaped the fire.
Cult leader David Koresh.
Actress Grace Kelly became Princess Grace of Monaco when she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco on this day in 1956.
The musical debuted on Broadway on this day in 2001.
In a Cambridge University laboratory on this day in 1953, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick discovered the double-
helix structure of DNA.
On this day in 1993, U.S. Federal agents raided the compound of an armed religious cult in Waco, TX. The ATF had planned to arrest
the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on federal
firearms charges. Four agents and six Davidians were killed and
a 51-day standoff followed.
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated in Stockholm
on this day in 1986. He was 59.
Blood on a street in downtown Stockholm, Sweden, after the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.
Album released on this day in 1983. It became groups first number-
one album in the UK.
U2
On Sunday, February 28, a fierce two-hour gun battle took place
leaving six Davidians and four ATF agents dead.
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