Unabomber

Unabomber Famous Crime Timeline

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    Background of Ted Kacynski

    Ted Kaczynski, ask known as the Unabomber, was born on the 22nd of May in 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1958, he graduated from Evergreen Park High School, with an interesting in Math and creating small explosive devices. He entered Harvard University in 1958 and graduates 3 years later. In 1967 Kaczynski enters the University of Michigan and graduates in 1967 and soon becomes an assistant professor at the University of California at Berkeley. He quits UC-Berkeley without explanation in 1969.
  • First Bombing

    First Bombing
    In 1978, a package found in the University of Illinois parking lot is taken to Northwestern University and explodes when opened by a security guard.
  • Second Bombing

    Second Bombing
    On May 9, John Harris, a graduate student at Northwestern University is injured by a bomb.
  • Third Bombing

    Third Bombing
    On Nov. 15, a bomb explodes in the cargo hold of an American Airlines 727 during flight. The airplane makes an emergency landing at Dulles International Airport. Twelve people suffer smoke inhalation.
  • Fourth Bombing

    Fourth Bombing
    On June 10, United Airlines president, Percy Wood, is injured by a mail bomb at his home near Chicago.
  • Found Bomb

    Found Bomb
    On Oct. 8, a bomb is found in a classroom at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
  • Fifth Bombing

    Fifth Bombing
    On May 5, Janet Smith, a secretary at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, is injured by a bomb mailed from Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City. Addressee was Patrick Fischer.
  • Sixth Bombing

    Sixth Bombing
    On July 2, Diogenes Agelakos, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, is injured at UC-Berkeley.
  • Sets Fire

    Sets Fire
    On Aug. 25, Kaczynski sets fire to logging equipment 10 miles from home, causing $75,000 in damage.
  • Seventh Bombing

    Seventh Bombing
    On May 15, John Hauser is injured by a bomb at UC-Berkeley.
  • Bombing Attempt Failed

    Bombing Attempt Failed
    On June 13, a package-bomb mailed to Boeing in Auburn, Wash., is discovered and disarmed.
  • Eighth Bombing

    Eighth Bombing
    On Nov. 15, a package-bomb mailed to University of Michigan professor James McConnell, injures Nicklaus Suino.
  • Ninth Bombing

    Ninth Bombing
    On Dec. 11, Hugh Scutton is killed by a bomb near his computer store in Sacramento.
  • Tenth Bombing

    Tenth Bombing
    Gary Wright is injured by a bomb left in a computer story parking lot in Salt Lake City. An eyewitness account of a man in a hooded sweatshirt becomes the famous Unabomber sketch.
  • Eleventh Bombing

    Eleventh Bombing
    Charles Epstein, a geneticist at the University of California at San Francisco, is injured by a bomb sent to his home.
  • Twelfth Bombing

    Twelfth Bombing
    David Gelernter, a computer scientist at Yale University, is injured by a package-bomb postmarked Sacramento.
  • Thirteenth Bombing

    Thirteenth Bombing
    Advertising executive Thomas Mosser is killed at home in North Caldwell, N.J., by a package-bomb mailed from San Francisco.
  • Fourteenth Bombing

    Fourteenth Bombing
    California Forestry Association President, Gilbert Murray, is killed opening a package-bomb at the association's Sacramento headquarters.
  • Publishing Unabomber's Manifesto

    Publishing Unabomber's Manifesto
    The Washington Post and The New York Times jointly publish the Unabomber's manifesto after he promises to stop his attacks.
  • Taken Into Custody

    Taken Into Custody
    Kaczynski is taken into custody at his Montana cabin and is found possessing bomb components and is held without bail.
  • Locked Up

    Locked Up
    The Unabomber is sentenced to life in prison and ordered to pay his victims $15 million. He is in the federal prison in Florence, Colo.