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Attack On Pearl Harbor
President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941. “A date which will live in infamy.” On this date, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans and completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S. -
John F. Kennedy Assassination
JFK was assasinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. He was shot while riding in a motorcade. JFK was supposedly assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald who was fatally gunned down by Jack Ruby two days later. -
Neil Armstrong Walks on the Moon
Neil Armstrong walks on the moon. Neil Armstrong’s second and last spaceflight was mission commander of Apollo 11 moon landing. Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent two and a half hours exploring. -
Hubble Space Telescope Launch
Hubble Space Telescope launched during Space Shuttle Discovery Mission. The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into low Earth orbit and still remains in operation. -
Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew, a category 5 hurricane kills 65 people and causes 26 billion dollars to Florida and other areas of the U.S. Gulf Coast. Andrew originated from a tropical wave over the central Atlantic. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 and wounds 800. Worst domestic terrorist incident is U.S. history. The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. It was carried out by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. -
Columbine Shooting
Two teenage students murder 13 other students and teachers at Columbine High School. It was the deadliest mass murder at a high school in U.S. history. It sparked debated on gun control and bullying. -
9/11
Terrorist group al-Qaeda launched a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks on the United States in New York. One of the planes went into the Twin Towers. Another went into the Pentagon and the last one landed in a field in Pennsylvania. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina devastates the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastlines killing at least 1,836 people and causing 81 billion dollars in damage, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. When Katrina made landfall, it had a Category 3 rating and winds of 100 to 140 miles per hour. Hurricane Katrina stretched across 400 miles. -
Death of Osama Bin Laden
Osama Bin Laden was the head leader of al-Qaeda. He was killed in Pakistan by the U.S. Navy Seals. In a daring raid 120 miles inside Pakistan, a team of Navy Seals flew from Afghanistan to Bin Laden’s hiding place in the dead of night. -
Sandy Hook Shooting
A gunman kills 26, including 20 children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut. Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and 6 adult staff members. Before opening fire at Sandy Hook, Lanza shot and killed his mother at their Newton home. -
Boston Marathon Bombing
Terrorists attack the Boston Marathon by detonating two bombs at the finish line of the race, killing three and injuring 283 runners and spectators. The bombs exploded about 12 seconds and 210 yards near the finish line.
