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ted kacyznski was born
full name Theodore John Kaczynski he was born on may 22nd 1942 -
Harvard
He skipped the eleventh grade, and by attending summer school, he graduated at age 15. Kaczynski was one of his school's five National Merit finalists and was encouraged to apply to Harvard University. While still at age 15, he was accepted to Harvard and entered the university on a scholarship in 1958 at age 16. -
left society
ted left the school he worked at and bought 1.4 acres of land just outside of Lincoln Montana to get away from society -
vowed to never see his family again
in june of 1978 he took a job working for his brother but his behavior was too much and his brother was forced to fire him after he insulted coworkers.then he vowed to never see his family again -
bomb at chicago university
The man that the world would eventually know as Theodore Kaczynski came to our attention in 1978 with the explosion of his first, primitive homemade bomb at a Chicago university. Over the next 17 years, he mailed or hand delivered a series of increasingly sophisticated bombs that killed three Americans and injured nearly two dozen more. -
bomb on airline
Bomb explodes in cargo hold during American Airlines flight, injuring 12 and forcing emergency landing at Dulles International Airport. -
diffused bomb
not all of his bombs were successful this bomb was found in business classroom at University of Utah in Salt Lake City is safely defused. -
first casualty
Bomb kills Hugh Scrutton near his Sacramento computer store -
unabomber sighted
Bomb injures Gary Wright near his Salt Lake City computer shop. Unabomber sighting leads to police sketch. -
lawyer
Prosecution and defense attorneys agree with a government psychiatrist that Kaczynski is competent to stand trial as his own attorney -
pleads guilty
After Judge Burrell rejects Kaczynski's request to represent himself, Kaczynski pleads guilty to being the Unabomber. -
1st bomb sent to a house
Bomb injures Charles Epstein, University of California at San Francisco geneticist, at home. -
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unabomber manifesto
Unabomber sends 35,000-word manifesto to The Washington Post and New York Times. Threatens to bomb unspecified location if it is not published. Post, Times publish manifesto. -
arrested
ted as caught after his brother tipped off the fbi and arrested for the crimes of the unabomber -
the trail
Public learns that federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials rejected Kaczynski's offer to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty -
sentencing
An unrepentant Kaczynski is sentenced to four life terms in prison with no possibility of release.