2015 Event Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asserts Japan's continued pursuit of a world free of nuclear weapons as the city of Nagasaki commemorates the 70th anniversary of its destruction by atomic bombing 2015 Event Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima, Japan, calls upon world leaders to free the world of nuclear weapons during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city 2014 Event U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder authorizes federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 2013 Event Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears for the first time in court since his arrest April 19; he pleads not guilty to 30 charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction 2013 Event Ibragim Todashev, a suspect under FBI questioning in Orlando, Florida, for his connections to the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, is shot dead after attacking an agent during the course of questioning 2011 Event In Libya's capitol of Tripoli, Muammar Gaddafi calls on NATO to stop its bombing campaign or else European homes offices and families will be targeted 2011 Event In Tripoli, the compound of leader Muammar Gaddafi is targeted with more bombing raids during the third night of international intervention in Libya 2011 Event Top airport security officials are fired after a suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport kills 35 people, injures 130 2010 Event Hezbollah members are indicted for killing Lebanon�s former prime minister, Rafiq Hariri, in a car bombing 2010 Event Japan's Mayor Tomihisa Taue appeals to eliminate nuclear weapons at the 65th anniversary commemoration of the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki 2010 Event Timothy Torlot, British ambassador to Yemen, survives an attempted suicide bombing 2010 Event After five years of research by the Dresden Historians' Commission, a report stated a reduced figure of 25,000 people died in the 1945 Dresden bombing 2010 Event A car bomb explodes in a courthouse located in Newry, Northern Ireland. The area's last incidence of a car bombing was in the year 2000 2008 Event Taliban suicide bombing kills 80 in Kandahar, Afghanistan 2001 Event Timothy McVeigh executed for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed at least 168 1999 Event During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China 1997 Event Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Oklahoma bombing 1997 Event Jury selection in Terry Nichols Oklahoma bombing trial begins 1997 Event Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial 1997 Event Terrorist double suicide bombing in Jerusalem, kills 14 1997 Event Jurors in Oklahoma City bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death 1997 Event Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, killing 168 1995 Event FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh and charge him with Oklahoma City bombing 1994 Event 4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center 1993 Event Arab terror group planning bombing of Holland/Lincoln Tunnels caught 1992 Event 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka 1992 Event 28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Islamic Jihad 1990 Death Curtis Lemay, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations, dies at age 83 1986 Event U.S. air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing 1986 Event U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing 1984 Event During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" 1973 Event U.S. ends secret bombing of Cambodia 1972 Event Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks 1972 Event U.S. begins its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam 1971 Event 6 Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses 1968 Event President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam 1968 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns U.S. bombing of North Vietnam 1967 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber demands U.S. stop bombing North Vietnam 1967 Event University of Michigan holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam 1966 Event 1st U.S. bombing of Hanoi 1966 Event 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam 1965 Event 1st bombing by B-52 (50 km north of Saigon) 1965 Event U.S. begins regular bombing and strafing of North Vietnam 1964 Event U.S. begins bombing North Vietnam 1963 Event 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham 1954 Event China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy and Amoy 1948 Event 1st air bombing of Jerusalem 1945 Event Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing 1945 Event RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511 1945 Death Koos Speenhoff, Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at 75 1945 Event Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th U.S. Air Force 1944 Death Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing 1944 Death Heinz Burns, German, Gold Medal 1936 Olympics, dies in bombing 1944 Event 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure 1944 Event Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing 1944 Event U.S. resumes bombing Berlin 1944 Event USAF begins daylight bombing of Berlin 1944 Event 1st U.S. bombing of Berlin 1944 Event U.S. begins night bombing of Truk 1944 Event Bombing and shooting at Monte Cassino convent Italy, begins 1943 Event RAF begins air bombing of Berlin 1943 Event U.S. bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island 1943 Event Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg 1942 Event 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta 1942 Event 1st European bombing run undertaken by U.S. forces 1942 Event 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II) 1942 Event 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins 1941 Event 1st U.S. WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines 1940 Event 1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin) 1940 Event German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London 1940 Event Heavy German bombing on Dunkirk beach 1936 Event German air force begins bombing of Madrid 1918 Event 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France 1917 Event 1st British bombing of Germany 1917 Event 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes 1915 Event British vice adm Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts 1914 Event Ypres Belgium burned by German bombing 1911 Event 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF 1906 Birthday Curtis Lemay, born in Columbus, Ohio, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations 1855 Event Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed 1832 Event French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp
