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Bomb
A bomb is any of a range of explosive weapons that only rely on the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy...
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1867
12.13.1867
Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.
1894
2.12.1894
Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.
1940
11.18.1940
New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
1944
10.21.1944
The first kamikaze attack: A Japanese plane carrying a convert 200 bomb attacks HMAS Australia off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.
1970
3.31.1970
Nine terrorists from the Japanese Red Army hijack Japan Airlines Flight 351 at Tokyo International Airport, wielding samurai swords and carrying a bomb.
1978
2.13.1978
Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
1982
7.20.1982
Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regents Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
2002
5.9.2002
In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130.
2003
7.20.2003
France: Sixteen people are injured after two bombs explode outside a tax office in Nice.
9.12.2003
The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
2004
9.9.2004
2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.