1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building

On April 19, 1995, a truck bomb detonated in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people and injuring hundreds more. Among the dead were 19 children who were in a daycare that occupied part of the building. The blast destroyed large portions of the structure; the building was later demolished and the site became the location for a national memorial and museum.