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Andrew Kehoe was a school board treasurer who bombed and shot his way through Bath Consolidated School in Michigan in 1927, killing 45 people and injuring 58. He also killed his wife and firebombed his farm before committing suicide with explosives.
Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents and stabilizers, invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1866. It was the first safely manageable explosive stronger than black powder and rapidly gained wide-scale use in mining, construction and warfare.
A list of the most devastating man-made explosions in history, from ancient times to modern days, caused by various factors such as gunpowder, fire, lightning, and chemical reactions. Learn about the causes, effects, and sources of these massive blasts that killed thousands and destroyed cities.
The 1947 Texas City disaster was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, triggered by a fire on board a ship carrying ammonium nitrate. The explosion killed 581 people, destroyed buildings, and caused a tsunami in the port of Texas City.
The defense blamed the L.A. Times explosion on an accidental ignition of a gas leak, and denied that dynamite was in any way involved. The rest of the evidence, such as the other bombs found in Los Angeles the next morning, and all the material seized at union headquarters at Indianapolis, they claimed was planted.
A terrorist bombing of a civil rights church in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 killed four girls and injured 22 people. The bombing was committed by a white supremacist group and sparked national outrage and support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
A Douglas DC-6B aircraft was blown up by a bomb in 1955, killing all 44 people on board. The bombing was carried out by John Gilbert Graham, who wanted to kill his mother and collect insurance money.
Learn about the 1917 disaster that occurred when a French cargo ship carrying explosives collided with a Norwegian relief ship in Halifax Harbour, killing 1,782 people and injuring 9,000. Explore the background, the aftermath, and the commemoration of the Halifax Explosion.