Posted on 01/14/2009 6:33:34 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter
Rate it among other historical events...
The Hindenburg Disaster
The Sinking of the Titanic
The Mitch Williams hanging curve ball
The Edmond Fitzgerald
That’s when all 58 states will celebrate the inaug of the messiah. What a guy!!!!!!
General Sherman’s burning of Atlanta
The birth of Satan? A bit much?
....dare I say it?? The Black Plague.
Well, looky here! And all on President Clinton’s watch. Go figure!
1993
Feb. 26, New York City: bomb exploded in basement garage of World Trade Center, killing 6 and injuring at least 1,040 others. In 1995, militant Islamist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 9 others were convicted of conspiracy charges, and in 1998, Ramzi Yousef, believed to have been the mastermind, was convicted of the bombing. Al-Qaeda involvement is suspected.
1995
April 19, Oklahoma City: car bomb exploded outside federal office building, collapsing wall and floors. 168 people were killed, including 19 children and 1 person who died in rescue effort. Over 220 buildings sustained damage. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols later convicted in the antigovernment plot to avenge the Branch Davidian standoff in Waco, Tex., exactly 2 years earlier. (See Miscellaneous Disasters.)
Nov. 13, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: car bomb exploded at U.S. military headquarters, killing 5 U.S. military servicemen.
1996
June 25, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: truck bomb exploded outside Khobar Towers military complex, killing 19 American servicemen and injuring hundreds of others. 13 Saudis and a Lebanese, all alleged members of Islamic militant group Hezbollah, were indicted on charges relating to the attack in June 2001.
1998
Aug. 7, Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: truck bombs exploded almost simultaneously near 2 U.S. embassies, killing 224 (213 in Kenya and 11 in Tanzania) and injuring about 4,500. 4 men connected with al-Qaeda 2 of whom had received training at al-Qaeda camps inside Afghanistan, were convicted of the killings in May 2001 and later sentenced to life in prison. A federal grand jury had indicted 22 men in connection with the attacks, including Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, who remained at large.
2000
Oct. 12, Aden, Yemen: U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside it. 17 sailors killed. Linked to Osama bin Laden, or members of al-Qaeda terrorist network.
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Black Plague
Mohammed speaks
Sherman burns Atlanta
Eve eats the apple
This one will be no different.
Ambien says nite, nite.
The Dukakis candidacy ?
The worlds first colonoscopy
I always liked the tune for the “Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald”.
Dah Kenyan
As bad as:.....the Clintons, Al Franken, Maxine Waters, Bernie Sanders, Barney Frank, Tom Dashole, Reid, Pelosi, Boxer, Micheal Moore, Sean Penn, etc., etc., etc., et al.
We could go on and on.
The first to eat a poison mushroom.
The first mouse that didn’t get the cheese.
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