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Trail of Tears
This event was the removal of all native american tribes from the southern states so the people of these states could use this land for cotton. Five tribes were involved including the Choctaw,Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek and Cherokee tribes. -
A Legend is Born
Jim Thorpe was born on this day. -
Satehood
Oklahoma became a state on November 16, 1907 with the capital of Oklahoma City. -
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Jim Thorpe Comes to Fame
Jim Thorpe was the first native american to win a gold medal (men’s pentathlon and men’s decathlon) in the olympics. -
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The Dust Bowl
Bad winds and poor farming techniques plus a drought is what brought this tragedy. Wind would pick up the topsoil which was not rooted down from bad farming and blow it everywhere. It choked cattle and harmed pasture lands leaving havoc in its path. Five states were affected including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. It finally came to an end in 1937 when the government stepped in. -
The Legend's Death
Jim Thorpe died on this date. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
Taking place at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, a truck-bomb explosion went off. Set by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols it killed 168 people (19 of which were younger children) and injured hundreds more. Timothy McVeigh followed through with the bombing because of the 1922 police shoot-out with survivalist Randy Weaver which lead to Weaver's wife and son's death. Another reason for his actions was the 1993 (April 19) inferno in which 75 members of a Branch Davidian religious sect died. -
McVeigh's Death
In December 2000, McVeigh asked a federal judge to stop all appeals of his convictions and to set a date for his execution. The request was granted, and on June 11, 2001, McVeigh, 33, died by lethal injection at the U.S. penitentiary. He was the first federal prisoner to be put to death since 1963.
