History Q & A

How Many Times Has the United States Been Bombed?

by HNN Staff

1995 April 19, 1995The bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. 168 killed. The most deadly terrorist attack on American soil until 2001. Timothy McVeigh arrested and convicted and put to death.1993 February 26, 1993The bombing of the World Trade Center. 6 killed. Over 1,000 injured. 5 Islamic terrorists arrested and convicted.1983 November 7, 1983 The bombing of the U.S. Congress leaves a hole in a wall outside the Senate chamber. No injuries. 2 radicals arrested and convicted.1981 May 16, 1981The bombing of the Pan Am Terminal at New York's Kennedy Airport; a men's restroom is destroyed. The"Puerto Rican Armed Resistance" takes the credit. No injuries. No arrests.1975 December 29, 1975 The bombing of the TWA Terminal at New York's LaGuardia Airport. 11 killed, 75 injured. No arrests.January 24, 1975

So Who the Hell Is India?

by HNN Staff

This is India. She says that George W. Bush's favorite subject in school was ... HISTORY! So who the hell is India? She is the Bush family's White House cat. She is also, according to the new White House website for kids, the First Family's"unofficial historian." Doris Kearns Goodwin, step aside.

Leaks to the Media ... An Old Story?

Image via Shutterstock.Leaks through History Was It Illegal for President Bush to Leak Classified Secrets to Bob Woodward?Deep Throat and the FBI's History of Hiding Its Own LeaksWhy Did President Ford Ban Assassinations? (Explains that Ford leaked the fact that the CIA had plotted the assassination of foreign leaders.)Rick Shenkman: Leaks that might have changed the history of Vietnam Athan Theoharis: Deep Throat and the FBI's History of Hiding Its Own LeaksCIA Spy Case: Valerie Plame Leak Note: This article was first published October 10, 2001 and has been updated.