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Birmingham Bombing

On 16th street Baptist church a bomb went of. The church collapsed and four people were killed, under the name of Tomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., Robert Edward Chambliss, Bobby Frank Cher, and Herman Frank Chach. When these people were killed, they were near the stairs of the church. This was where the dynamite was located. An Anonymous person called and said “5 min”. Less than 1 minute later the dynamite blew up. The Bomb went off at 10:22 AM. The explosion was so big that the 4 people flow like rags.

J.F.K. Assassination

On Nov 22,1963 J.F.K. was killed, U.S. president. And on May 29,1917 was a happy day for J.F.K. and his family this was when he was born. The F in JFK's name stands for fits Jaralled. The memorial took place


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