CAMILLE
BOHANNON
Edward White (above) became the first American astronaut to do a "space walk" when he left the Gemini 4 capsule on this day in 1965.
Gemini IV astronauts Ed White, left, and Jim McDivitt, pose at Cape Kennedy’s Launch Pad.
ED DONAHUE
On this day in 1995, the Oklahoma City bombing was a
domestic terrorist truck bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah
Federal Buildingin downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Perpetrated by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, the
bombing happened at 9:02 am and killed at least 168 people,
injured more than 680 others, and destroyed one – third of
the building.
One of the many injured in the bombing attack.
A firefighter holding a dying toddler in his arms.
Bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh (center) is escorted from
the courthouse in Perry, Oklahoma.
SANDY KOZEL
NASA announced the selection of America’s first seven astronauts
on this day in 1959.
John Glenn boards the Friendship 7 capsule to become the first American to orbit Earth.
MIKE GRACIA
