2001 Simultaneous coordinated terrorist attacks take place on New York City and Washington D.C.Timeline State: New YorkTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: violence & terrorismEra: 2001-2010 Read more about 2001
1998 On August 7, U.S. Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania are simultaneously bombed by terrorists, killing 224 people. Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: N.A.Timeline Subjects: violence & terrorismEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1998
1981 On March 31, President Ronald Reagan survives an assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C.Timeline State: District of ColumbiaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: violence & terrorismEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1981
1970 Kent State and Jackson State Killings of College Students by National Guardsmen and Police on May 4 and May 14, respectively.Timeline State: OhioTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: violence & terrorismEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1970
1968 U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated in Los Angeles on June 5.Timeline State: CaliforniaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: violence & terrorismEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1968
1968 Dr. Martin Luther King is assassinated on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee.Timeline State: TennesseeTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: violence & terrorismEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1968
1965 The Watts Riot (Los Angeles) occurs from August 11 to August 15.Timeline State: CaliforniaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: violence & terrorismEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1965
1963 On November 22, President John Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.Timeline State: TexasTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: violence & terrorismEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1963
1943 On June 4, the Zoot Suit Riot erupts in Los Angeles.Timeline State: CaliforniaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: violence & terrorismEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1943
1901 President William McKinley is assassinated. He is shot on September 6 and dies on September 14. Later that day Vice President Theodore Roosevelt (New York) becomes the twenty-sixth President.Timeline State: District of ColumbiaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: violence & terrorismEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1901
