1993

Waco.Texas.
Federal CEV asasault vehicle punch holes in the walls of compound delivering tear gas with an M9 gun and 12-foot hose , the compound burns to the ground in less than an hour. 86 members of the Branch Davidian perish in the inferno. (Cult was fixated on prophecies of doom and disaster interpretating weather changes such as the blizzard of 1993 -as proof of the coming of Armageddon.) This event was promptly commemorated with a stamp .

Violent storms lash South, Midwest; 2 killed