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The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was a United States federal government complex located at 200 N.W. 5th Street in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.On April 19, 1995, the building was the target of the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, which ultimately killed 168 people and injured 684 others. [1]
The incident occurred on September 18–19, 1980, at Missile Complex 374-7 in rural Arkansas when a U.S. Air Force LGM-25C Titan II ICBM loaded with a 9-megaton W-53 nuclear warhead experienced a liquid fuel explosion inside its silo. [2]
Pierce was well known in his West Memphis community, but police at first had no leads in the bombing. [4] However, Pierce was a co-defendant in a wrongful death suit against the Arkansas Supreme Court up until a few weeks prior to the bombing. [5] [6] On August 7, Pierce made his first appearance at the Arkansas Medical Board since the bombing. [7]
The Ouachita County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as then 44-year-old Travis Eugene "Joey" Posey of neighboring New Edinburg, Arkansas. [9] At the time of the shooting, Posey was the owner of a Kingsland landscaping company which he operated since 2010 [10] as well as a local trucking service.
A bomb exploded on a bus in Kabul, killing one person and injuring at least eleven others. [73] Islamic State: Islamic State–Taliban conflict: 17 August Suicide bombing: 20+ (+1) 10+ Mogadishu, Somalia: 2024 Mogadishu tea shop bombing: An IED suicide bombing at a tea shop in Mogadishu killed at least twenty, and injured ten others. [74] Al ...
Couric took over Norville’s hosting spot in 1991 and remained on Today through 2006. She recalled her decision to leave the show in her 2021 memoir, Going There, writing, “By 2005, I was at a ...
Times Square bombing: A homemade bomb damaged an Armed Forces Recruiting Office in Times Square. [82] In June 2013, The FBI and New York City police offered a $65,000 reward for information in the case and revealed that ammunition used for the bomb is the same as is used in the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones. [ 83 ]
Terry Lynn Nichols (born April 1, 1955) is an American domestic terrorist who was convicted for conspiring with Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing plot. [2] Prior to his incarceration, he held a variety of short-term jobs, working as a farmer, grain elevator manager, real estate salesman, and ranch hand. [5]