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US Domestic Terrorism

1296 events in this timeline

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  1. 1993-04-13 April 13, 1993: Koresh Harangues FBI, Refuses to Leave as Promised
  2. 1993-04-13 April 13, 1993: Clinton Advised to Let Justice Department Handle Davidian Standoff
  3. 1993-04-14 April 14-15, 1993: Koresh Insists on Staying in Compound until Completion of a Biblical Manuscript; Attorney General Rejects Tear-Gas Plan
  4. 1993-04-16 April 16, 1993: Koresh Says He Has Finished First Portion of ‘Seals’ Manuscript
  5. 1993-04-17 April 17-19, 1993: Sympathizer Leaves Davidian Compound, Warns of Nursery on Second Floor
  6. 1993-04-17 April 17-18, 1993: Attorney General Approves Plan to Tear-Gas Branch Davidian Compound
  7. 1993-04-18 April 18, 1993: Davidian Leader Defies FBI’s Orders to Leave, Works on Biblical Treatise
  8. 1993-04-18 April 18, 1993: Davidians: ‘Flames Await’ FBI Assault
  9. 1993-04-19 April 19, 1993: Friends, Family Members of Davidians Dispute Government Claims of Mass Suicide
  10. 1993-04-19 April 19, 1993: FBI Assaults Branch Davidian Compound; 78 Die in Fire
  11. 1993-04-19 April 19, 1993: Attorney General Admits Decision to Assault Davidian Compound Was ‘Obviously Wrong’
  12. 1993-04-19 April 19, 1993 and After: Future Oklahoma City Bombers Appalled, Inflamed by Waco Debacle
  13. 1993-04-20 April 20, 1993: Expert: Gas Used in Davidian Assault Could Not Have Caused Fire
  14. 1993-04-20 April 20, 1993: New York Times: ‘Koresh Affair… Mishandled from Beginning to End’
  15. 1993-05-03 May 3, 1993: Time Publishes ‘Special Report’ on Koresh, Branch Davidians, Characterizes Koresh as a ‘Cult Leader’ and ‘Psychopath’
  16. 1993-05-26 May 26, 1993: Authorities Find Enormous Cache of Weapons at Branch Davidian Compound
  17. 1993-06-06 June 6, 1993: Operation Rescue Uses ‘IMPACT’ Training for Clinic Protests
  18. 1993-06-22 June 22, 1993: ’Unabomber’ Device Injures UC Professor
  19. 1993-06-24 June 24, 1993: New York Times Receives Letter from ‘Unabomber,’ Claiming to Represent Anarchist Group
  20. 1993-06-24 June 24, 1993: Yale Scientist Disfigured by ‘Unabomber’ Device
  21. 1993-07-08 July 8, 1993: Jury Acquits Ruby Ridge Survivors of Murdering US Marshal
  22. 1993-07-09 July 9-19, 1993: Operation Rescue Launches ‘Cities of Refuge’ Offensive against Abortion Clinics in 10 States
  23. 1993-07-15 July 15, 1993: California White Supremacists Arrested for Plotting to Bomb Los Angeles Black Church
  24. 1993-07-26 July 26, 1993: White Supremacist Church Members Arrested for Bombing NAACP Office
  25. 1993-08-07 August 7, 1993: 12 Branch Davidians Indicted for Crimes Related to BATF Raid, FBI Siege
  26. 1993-08-07 August 7, 1993: White Supremacist Leader Commits Suicide
  27. 1993-08-19 August 19, 1993: Abortion Provider Shot outside Kansas Clinic
  28. 1993-08-22 August 22, 1993: Earth Liberation Front Activists Burn Vehicles at California Car Dealership
  29. 1993-10-04 October 4, 1993: ’Patriot’ Couple Murders Police Officer
  30. 1993-10-12 October 12, 1993 - January 1994: Oklahoma City Bombers Live Together in Michigan, Visit White Supremacist Compound in Oklahoma
  31. 1993-10-20 October 20, 1993: Future Oklahoma City Bomber Writes Letter to Sister Expressing Wish to ‘Tell It All’ Regarding ‘Anti-Gov’t Attitude’
  32. 1993-11-22 November 22, 1993: Future Oklahoma City Bomber Loses Son in Apparent Accident
  33. 1993-11-30 November 30, 1993: ’Brady Bill’ Imposes Waiting Period on Handgun Purchases, Enrages Gun Enthusiasts
  34. 1993-12-24 December 24, 1993: Future Oklahoma City Bomber Tells Sister He Is Involved in Illegal Activities, Perhaps Bank Robberies
  35. 1994-01-01 January 1, 1994: Montana Militia Inaugurated
  36. 1994-01-30 January 30, 1994: ’Common Law’ Adherents Brutalize California Official
  37. 1994-03-16 March 16, 1994: Future Oklahoma City Bomber Asks to Be ‘Relieved of the Jurisdiction of the Federal Government’
  38. 1994-04-23 April 23, 1994: Freemen Sue Governor, Sheriff for Civil Rights Violations
  39. 1994-06-16 June 16-17, 1994: Judge Hands Down Harsh Sentences on Davidians
  40. 1994-07-14 July 14, 1994: Future Oklahoma City Bomber Writes Letter Announcing that He Will Cause ‘Blood [to] Flow in the Streets’
  41. 1994-07-29 July 29, 1994: Abortion Provider, Volunteer Escort Gunned Down outside Florida Clinic
  42. 1994-08-04 August 4, 1994: Minnesota ‘Patriots’ Arrested for Plotting to Murder Federal Agents with Chemical Weapons
  43. 1994-09-12 September 12, 1994 and After: Future Oklahoma City Bomber Participates in White Supremacist Paramilitary Exercises
  44. 1994-09-13 September 13, 1994: Future Oklahoma City Bomber Says He and Co-Conspirator Intend ‘Positive Offensive Action’ against Government
  45. 1994-09-13 September 13, 1994 and After: Future Oklahoma City Bomber Begins Stockpiling Weapons in Wake of Assault Weapon Ban
  46. 1994-09-15 August 26 - September 15, 1994: Conservative Radio Host Tells Listeners to ‘Go For a Head Shot’ if Federal Agents Come to ‘Disarm’ Them
  47. 1994-09-16 September 16, 1994 and After: Missouri Highway Patrol Officer Shot by White Supremacist
  48. 1994-09-19 September 19, 1994: ’Patriot’ ‘General’ Calls for Armed March on Washington
  49. 1994-09-22 September 22, 1994: Future Oklahoma City Bomber Rents Storage Unit in Herington, Kansas
  50. 1994-09-23 September 23, 1994: Future Oklahoma City Bomber Buys Fertilizer for Bomb