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1995 Bombing of Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City
. 168 people, including 8 Federal Marshals and 19 children, were killed. Timothy McVeigh
and one of his accomplices, Terry Nichols
, set off the bomb.
1995 Oklahoma City bombing: In Oklahoma City
, the remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building are imploded.
1997 Timothy McVeigh
is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 terrorist bombing
of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
.
1997 A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh
to the death penalty for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
1998 Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
1998 Terry Nichols
is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2001 An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
2001 The United States
executes Timothy James McVeigh
for the Oklahoma City Bombing.
2004 Terry Nichols
is convicted by an Oklahoma
state court on murder charges stemming from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
2004 Terry Nichols
is spared the death penalty by an Oklahoma state court on murder charges stemming from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. The decision comes on the third anniversary of the execution of his co-defendant, Timothy James McVeigh
, in Terre Haute, Indiana
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