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Born Timothy James McVeigh , raised by his father William McVeigh in Pendleton , New York
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Graduated from the Army at the age 20 from US Army Infrantry School at Fort Benning
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Receives an honorable discharge from the army.
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Rents a storage unit in Herrington, Kansas , where he uses it to store the explosive ingredients.
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Buys first ton of ammonium nitrate , which was the key ingredient in his bombs
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Steals dynamite and blasting caps from a quarry near Marion, Kansas
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spends nearly $3,000 and Nitromethane , racing fluid used in bomb construction.
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- Drives his Ryder's truck up NW 5th St. shortly before 9:00 a.m. and lights 2 bomb fuses
- Parked and locked his truck in front of Murrah Federal Building
- 9:02 a.m. truck explodes
- 167 people died ; over 500 were injured.
- was arrested for driving without vehicle registration , no license plate , and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit
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Nichols is charged in connection with the bombing.
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A grand jury indicts McVeigh and Nichols on murder and conspiracy charges.
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Jury selection begins in the McVeigh trial
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McVeigh is convicted in all 11 counts of criminal activity
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Jury unanimously decides that McVeigh should be sentenced to death.
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Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison.
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- McVeigh is executed in front of survivors and relatives of victims.
- pronounced dead at 7:14 a.m.
