The following is a list of terrorist incidents that have not been carried out by a

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or its forces (see

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and

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). Assassinations are listed at

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vary, so incidents listed here are restricted to those that are

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and described as "terrorism" by a consensus of reliable sources.

Pre-1800

Scholars dispute what might be called terrorism in earlier periods. The modern sense of terrorism emerged in the mid-19th century.

1800–1899

1900–1929

1930–1949

* 1936–1939: 1936–1939 Arab revolt, Palestine Arab "gang and terrorist activities" against

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colonial rule, and Jewish immigrants. * 1937–1948: The

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are responsible for numerous attacks in British-mandated Palestine. * 1940, 3 March: Politically motivated

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targeted at the communist newspaper ''

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'' (''Northern Flame'') by various perpetrators. 5 persons were killed, 2 of which were children, along with 5 others injured. * 1940–1956:

George Metesky George Peter Metesky (November 2, 1903 – May 23, 1994), better known as the Mad Bomber, was an American electrician and mechanic who terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, ter ...

, the "Mad Bomber", places over 30 bombs in

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in public places such as

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and The Paramount Theater, injuring ten during this period, in protest against the local electric utility. He also sends many threatening letters. * 1940, 4 July: Time bomb is recovered from the

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at the

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, two policemen were killed. * 1946, 22 July: The

King David Hotel bombing The British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, housed in the southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, were bombed in a terrorist attack on 22 July 1946 by the militant right-wing Zionist underground organization the ...

Zionist Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after ''Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...

paramilitary group

kills 91 and injures 46 non-fatally. * 1947, 25 July: Three Romanian terrorists kill an aircrew member aboard a Romanian airliner. This is regarded as the first aircraft hijack resulting in a fatality. * 1948, 22 February,

Ben Yehuda Street bombings A series of attacks were perpetrated or ordered by Palestinian Arabs, some of them acting as suicide bombers, on Jewish targets in Jerusalem's Ben Yehuda Street from February 1948 onwards. The attacks took place before the declaration of the Sta ...

: three

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trucks led by an armoured car driven by Arab irregulars and British deserters exploded on Ben Yehuda Street killing 58 Jewish civilians and injuring 140. * 1949, 7 May: thirteen people are killed as a Philippine airliner explodes in flight travelling from

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. A time bomb detonates 30 minutes after departure near

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. * 1949, 5 August: 12 killed and dozens injured in the

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1950–1969

* 1954, 17 March: an Israeli civilian passenger bus is attacked by unknown assailants at the

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in the Negev, resulting in the deaths of eleven passengers. * Flag_of_Cyprus_(1922-1960)

Cyprus 1956, 16 June: The United States vice consul is killed and six other consulate staff are injured when a terrorist throws 2 bombs in a restaurant in

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. * 1957, 30 November: 10 killed and 48 injured in a grenade attack on President

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. * 1958, 15 August: Three people are killed in a bomb blast in Beirut. The bombing also injures ten more at a grocery store near the

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. * 1960, 24 June: Attempted assassination of President Rómulo Betancourt. * 1962, 22 November: Members of the Pan Africanist Congress' military wing,

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targeted the town of Paarl in the Western Cape, when a crowd of over 200 people armed with axes, pangas and other home-made weapons marched from the Mbekweni township into Paarl and attacked the police station, homes and shops. Two white residents and 5 attackers were killed. Poqo directed its activities at the white population in general. It was also Poqo's avowed policy to attack and kill Black people who were some way or another linked to the apartheid state. * 1963–1970:

Front de libération du Québec The (FLQ) was a Marxist–Leninist and Quebec separatist guerrilla group. Founded in the early 1960s with the aim of establishing an independent and socialist Quebec through violent means, the FLQ was considered a terrorist group by the Canadia ...

(FLQ) committed frequent bombings targeting English businesses and banks, as well as McGill University. The whole bombing campaign resulted in 8 known deaths and numerous injuries. * 1963, 29 August: The

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16th Street Baptist Church bombing The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynam ...

– Four members of the

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planted at least 15 sticks of

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attached to a timing device beneath the front steps of the church. The explosion killed 4 girls and wounded 22. * 1965, 26 June: Two simultaneous explosions took place near a restaurant in the

1965 Saigon bombing On June 25, 1965, during the Vietnam War, a series of two bombings by the Viet Cong took place in Saigon killing 42 people in the explosions. My Canh Café The first bomb detonated at 8:15 p.m. (local time) in a floating restaurant "My ...

during the Vietnam War. The attack killed 42 people and 80 were wounded. * 1966: The

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was a series of massacres committed against Igbos and other people of southern Nigerian origin living in northern Nigeria starting in May 1966 and reaching a peak after 29 September 1966. Between 8,000 and 30,000 Igbos and easterners have been estimated to have been killed. A further 1 million Igbos fled the Northern Region into the East. These events led to the secession of the eastern Nigerian region and the declaration of the Republic of Biafra, which ultimately led to the Nigeria-Biafra war. * Flag of Greece (1822-1978)

Greece 1967, 12 November: A bomb explodes on board

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near Rhodes killing all 66 people on the aircraft. * / 1966, 28–29 September: a group of militant Argentine nationalists

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a civilian Aerolineas Argentinas aircraft while flying over

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and forced the captain at gunpoint to land in the Falkland Islands, where they took several civilians hostage. The crisis was resolved 36 hours later when the hijackers agreed to release their hostages and return to Argentina for trial. * 1968, 4 September: Three bombs are detonated in Tel Aviv, killing one person and injuring 51 people. * 1969, 21–25 February: Three separate bombings in Jerusalem, one in the

Consulate and two in a supermarket. In one of the bombings at the supermarket two Israelis were killed and in all attacks 20 were injured. One of the terrorist involved was Rasmea Odeh. * Ireland 1969, 5 August: A bomb was detonated in Dublin at the main studio of the state broadcaster,

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. The Protestant extremist group the UVF were responsible. No one was injured. * Ireland 1969 A UPV suicide bomber attacked a power station in Ballyshannon, County Donegal. There were no casualties other than the attacker. The UVF issued a statement saying the attempted attack was a protest against the Irish Army units "still massed on the border in Co Donegal". The statement added: "so long as the threats from Éire continue, so long will the volunteers of Ulster's people's army strike at targets in Southern Ireland". * Ireland 1969, 31 October: The UVF bombed a monument in Bodenstown, Dublin, dedicated to the

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hero Wolfe Tone. There were no injuries. * 1969, 12 December: Piazza Fontana bombing in Milan kills at least thirteen people and injures at least 85. Three additional blasts occur in Rome, injuring 16 people. * Ireland 1969, 26 December: The UVF bombed the Daniel O'Connell monument in Dublin. There were no injuries but buildings were damaged in a half mile radius. * Ireland 1969, 28 December: The UVF detonate a bomb outside the Garda central detective bureau in Dublin. The nearby telephone exchange headquarters is suspected to have been the target.

1970–present

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List of terrorist incidents in 1987 This is a timeline of incidents in 1987 that have been labelled as " terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism). Guidelines * To be included, ent ...

* List of terrorist incidents in 1988 * List of terrorist incidents in 1989 * List of terrorist incidents in 1990 * List of terrorist incidents in 1991 * List of terrorist incidents in 1992 * List of terrorist incidents in 1993 * List of terrorist incidents in 1994 * List of terrorist incidents in 1995 *

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* List of terrorist incidents in 1997 *

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* List of terrorist incidents in 2009 * List of terrorist incidents in 2010 * List of terrorist incidents in 2011 * List of terrorist incidents in 2012 * List of terrorist incidents in 2013 * List of terrorist incidents in 2014 *

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References

External links

U.S. National Counterterrorism Center's Worldwide Incidents Tracking SystemFatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel since the Declaration of Principles (September 1993) to September 2000

* * [http://www.crimsonbird.com/terrorism/timeline.htm History of Terrorism] : Timeline of Terrorist Acts – Chronology * Thinkquest
Timeline of Terror
* Infoplease

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(within the United States or against Americans abroad) * ''Frontline (U.S. TV series), Frontline''
Terrorist Attacks on Americans
Chronology of significant plots uncovered in Europe both before and after 9/11. January 2004

Listing anarchist terrorist incidents in France, or others countries. In French.

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