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Background of Ted Kacynski
Ted Kaczynski, ask known as the Unabomber, was born on the 22nd of May in 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1958, he graduated from Evergreen Park High School, with an interesting in Math and creating small explosive devices. He entered Harvard University in 1958 and graduates 3 years later. In 1967 Kaczynski enters the University of Michigan and graduates in 1967 and soon becomes an assistant professor at the University of California at Berkeley. He quits UC-Berkeley without explanation in 1969. -
First Bombing
In 1978, a package found in the University of Illinois parking lot is taken to Northwestern University and explodes when opened by a security guard. -
Second Bombing
On May 9, John Harris, a graduate student at Northwestern University is injured by a bomb. -
Third Bombing
On Nov. 15, a bomb explodes in the cargo hold of an American Airlines 727 during flight. The airplane makes an emergency landing at Dulles International Airport. Twelve people suffer smoke inhalation. -
Fourth Bombing
On June 10, United Airlines president, Percy Wood, is injured by a mail bomb at his home near Chicago. -
Found Bomb
On Oct. 8, a bomb is found in a classroom at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. -
Fifth Bombing
On May 5, Janet Smith, a secretary at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, is injured by a bomb mailed from Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City. Addressee was Patrick Fischer. -
Sixth Bombing
On July 2, Diogenes Agelakos, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, is injured at UC-Berkeley. -
Sets Fire
On Aug. 25, Kaczynski sets fire to logging equipment 10 miles from home, causing $75,000 in damage. -
Seventh Bombing
On May 15, John Hauser is injured by a bomb at UC-Berkeley. -
Bombing Attempt Failed
On June 13, a package-bomb mailed to Boeing in Auburn, Wash., is discovered and disarmed. -
Eighth Bombing
On Nov. 15, a package-bomb mailed to University of Michigan professor James McConnell, injures Nicklaus Suino. -
Ninth Bombing
On Dec. 11, Hugh Scutton is killed by a bomb near his computer store in Sacramento. -
Tenth Bombing
Gary Wright is injured by a bomb left in a computer story parking lot in Salt Lake City. An eyewitness account of a man in a hooded sweatshirt becomes the famous Unabomber sketch. -
Eleventh Bombing
Charles Epstein, a geneticist at the University of California at San Francisco, is injured by a bomb sent to his home. -
Twelfth Bombing
David Gelernter, a computer scientist at Yale University, is injured by a package-bomb postmarked Sacramento. -
Thirteenth Bombing
Advertising executive Thomas Mosser is killed at home in North Caldwell, N.J., by a package-bomb mailed from San Francisco. -
Fourteenth Bombing
California Forestry Association President, Gilbert Murray, is killed opening a package-bomb at the association's Sacramento headquarters. -
Publishing Unabomber's Manifesto
The Washington Post and The New York Times jointly publish the Unabomber's manifesto after he promises to stop his attacks. -
Taken Into Custody
Kaczynski is taken into custody at his Montana cabin and is found possessing bomb components and is held without bail. -
Locked Up
The Unabomber is sentenced to life in prison and ordered to pay his victims $15 million. He is in the federal prison in Florence, Colo.
