A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Timothy McVeigh"
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1968 Born
1995Bombing of Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma CityOklahoma City bombing The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist [i] attack on April 19 [i] 1995 [i], in which the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building [i] ...
. 168 people, including 8 Federal Marshals and 19 children, were killed. Timothy McVeigh and one of his accomplices, Terry NicholsTerry Nichols Terry Nichols was convicted of being an accomplice of Timothy McVeigh [i], the man convicted of murder i ...
, set off the bomb.
1997 Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 terrorist bombingOklahoma City bombing The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist [i] attack on April 19 [i] 1995 [i], in which the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building [i] ...
of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OklahomaOklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state [i] of Oklahoma [i]. ...
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1997 A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to the death penalty for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombingOklahoma City bombing The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist [i] attack on April 19 [i] 1995 [i], in which the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building [i] ...
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2001 The United StatesUnited States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a...
executes Timothy James McVeighTimothy McVeigh Timothy James McVeigh was an American [i] convicted [i] of eleven federal off ...
for the Oklahoma City BombingOklahoma City bombing The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist [i] attack on April 19 [i] 1995 [i], in which the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building [i] ...
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2001 Died
2004Terry NicholsTerry Nichols Terry Nichols was convicted of being an accomplice of Timothy McVeigh [i], the man convicted of murder i ...
is spared the death penalty by an Oklahoma state court on murder charges stemming from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombingOklahoma City bombing The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist [i] attack on April 19 [i] 1995 [i], in which the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building [i] ...
. The decision comes on the third anniversary of the execution of his co-defendant, Timothy James McVeighTimothy McVeigh Timothy James McVeigh was an American [i] convicted [i] of eleven federal off ...
, in Terre Haute, IndianaIndiana Indiana, meaning the "Land of the Indians [i]," is a state i ...