April 19, 1995:
A bomb ripped through the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in downtown Oklahoma City. Timothy McVeigh, and ex-Army soldier and security guard, had manufactured homemade explosives using agricultural fertilizer, diesel fuel, and other chemicals, and set the bombs with a timed fuse. He was arrested just 90 minutes after the explosion, when an officer stopped him for a missing license plate, and for carrying a concealed weapon. —(FBI)
Impact:
- 168 fatalities
- Nearly 700 injured
Related Resources:
- HSDL In Focus: Domestic Terrorism
- Summary of Reportable Injuries in Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Bombing
- Oklahoma City Bombing: Immediate Response Authority and Other Military Assistance to Civil Authority (MACA)
- HSDL search results for: Oklahoma City Bombing
Photo: (Credit: FBI) The north side of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City after the explosion.