Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombed
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Violence, Bombs, Bombings, Explosions
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Oklahoma
- Date: April 19, 1995
Article abstract: One of the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history demonstrates Americans’ vulnerability to attack by rogue ideologues.
Summary of Event
On April 19, 1995, a truck bomb parked before the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building in downtown Oklahoma City exploded, shattering the foundation and lower floors of the nine-story concrete edifice that housed fifteen federal agencies, more than five hundred employees, and a second-floor day-care center. Direct casualties included 168 dead as a result of the blast, and more than six hundred...
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