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Robert Chambliss placed a bomb underneath the steps of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.

Created by Britnee1 on Nov 9, 2010

Last updated: 11/09/10 at 07:21 AM

• Blanton convicted
  May 1, 2001

  Blanton convicted

• Judge delays Cherry trial
  Apr 10, 2001

  Judge delays Cherry trial, citing defendant's medical problems, but refuses to dismiss charges against either man.

• Blanton and Cherry
  May 17, 2000

  Blanton and Cherry surrender on murder indictments returned by grand jury in Birmingham.

• Cherry arrested
  Apr 26, 2000

  Cherry arrested on charges he molested a former stepdaughter 29 years earlier. He is later extradited to Alabama.

• Jury
  Apr 16, 2000

  Jury selection to begin in case against Blanton.

• Begins hearing evidence
  Oct 27, 1998

  Federal grand jury in Alabama begins hearing evidence.

• Chambliss convicted on a state murder
  Nov 18, 1977

  Chambliss convicted on a state murder charge and sentenced to life in prison.

• FBI closes its investigation
  1968

  FBI closes its investigation without filing charges.

• Day of Sorrow
  Sep 15, 1963

  Day of Sorrow and Shame in Birmingham, Alabama, the world's chief city of unsolved racial bombings.

• Dynamite bomb explodes
  Sep 14, 1963

  Dynamite bomb explodes outside Sunday services at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing 11-year-old Denise McNair and 14-year-olds Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Addie Mae Collins, and injuring 20 others.