Today in History

April 19, 1995

Oklahoma City Bombing

On this day in 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was destroyed by a car bomb. American militia movement sympathizer Timothy McVeigh parked a truck filled with volatile nitrate fertilizer in front of the building and detonated the contents. The explosion claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the age of 6 and 680 people were injured. McVeigh claimed his hatred for the Federal government motivated his crime.

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