The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack in which a truck bomb exploded in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. It killed 168 people, including many children in a day-care centre, and injured hundreds more, and it remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in United States history. The attackers, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, were motivated by anger at the federal government, particularly over the Waco siege and the Ruby Ridge incident. McVeigh was convicted and executed in 2001, and Nichols received life sentences. A memorial now stands on the site.
Before and after
- 1 January 1995Founding of World Trade Organization
- 6 January 1995Founding of The Left in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL
- 17 January 1995Great Hanshin Earthquake
- 20 March 1995Tokyo subway sarin attack
- 19 April 1995Oklahoma City bombing
- 30 April 1995The Internet opens to commercial use
- 23 May 1995Release of MySQL
- 25 May 1995Tuzla massacre
- from 25 May 1995 to 26 May 1995May 1995 Pale air strikes
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