In 1995, the cost of a gallon of gas was $1.09, a dozen eggs were 87 cents, a loaf of bread was $1.15 and the average cost of a new car was $15,500 (The People History). Timothy McVeigh caused an upset that would be known as the biggest terrorist attack at the time. The O.J. Simpson trial will be one of the most famous verdicts in history. Windows 95 and EBay were invented and became popular quickly. 1995 was a year of homegrown terrorism, the shock of the century and computer advances that changed the computer world forever. On April 19, 1995, one of the deadliest attacks of terrorism occurred in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Timothy McVeigh was an American militant and was the man that set of the bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal
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Although it was to the whole nation, it was directed towards the citizens of Oklahoma. He reassured Oklahomans that they are not alone in their time of grief and suffering. The President and First Lady planted a tree to honor the children that lost their life in the bombing. The tree is symbolic of the beginning of healing. He gave hope to the people that were angry, felt alone and felt violated because of the attack. He reminds the audience that justice would be brought to those who did this evil thing. He encourages the Americans to not let their agony turn into hate but to give sympathy to those who lost loved ones. President Clinton reassured that the entire nation was behind them and grieving with …show more content…
Simpson trial verdict was the shock of the century. The trial had just about everything you could think of. A celebrity, a brutal murder, race, a blonde, and a racist police officer were all involved O.J. Simpson was a former football player who went on to be a movie star. O.J. married his first wife, Marguerite L. Whitley, in June of 1967 (Janofsky, Rimer). They had three kids together. When Marguerite was thirty and pregnant with their third child, Nicole Simpson was 18 and just out of high school. Nicole met O.J. when she was working as a waitress in a Beverly Hills nightclub. After O.J.’s two year old son drowned in a swimming pool, him and his wife got a divorce just months later. While Nicole was pregnant with their first child, she and O.J. got married. They were married only seven
Although it was to the whole nation, it was directed towards the citizens of Oklahoma. He reassured Oklahomans that they are not alone in their time of grief and suffering. The President and First Lady planted a tree to honor the children that lost their life in the bombing. The tree is symbolic of the beginning of healing. He gave hope to the people that were angry, felt alone and felt violated because of the attack. He reminds the audience that justice would be brought to those who did this evil thing. He encourages the Americans to not let their agony turn into hate but to give sympathy to those who lost loved ones. President Clinton reassured that the entire nation was behind them and grieving with …show more content…
Simpson trial verdict was the shock of the century. The trial had just about everything you could think of. A celebrity, a brutal murder, race, a blonde, and a racist police officer were all involved O.J. Simpson was a former football player who went on to be a movie star. O.J. married his first wife, Marguerite L. Whitley, in June of 1967 (Janofsky, Rimer). They had three kids together. When Marguerite was thirty and pregnant with their third child, Nicole Simpson was 18 and just out of high school. Nicole met O.J. when she was working as a waitress in a Beverly Hills nightclub. After O.J.’s two year old son drowned in a swimming pool, him and his wife got a divorce just months later. While Nicole was pregnant with their first child, she and O.J. got married. They were married only seven