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Pre-11th century * 1st Century - The Sicarii and other groups generically termed Zealots begin a covert campaign against the Roman occupation of Judea, characterized by assassinations of "collaborators".[1] * 661 - Ali ibn Abi Talib assassinated by Kharijites.[2](1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century - other centuries) The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 to 100. ... Sicarii (Latin plural of Sicarius, dagger- or later contract- killer) is a term applied, in the decades immediately preceding the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE, to the Jewish Zealots, (or insurgents) who attempted to expel the Romans and their partisans from Judea: —Josephus, Jewish Antiquities (xx. ... The term Zealot, in Hebrew kanai means one who is jealous on behalf of God, meaning anyone who is overly zealous. ... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ... Desert hills in southern Judea, looking east from the town of Arad Judea or Judaea, a term used for the mountainous southern part of historic Palestine, an area now divided between Israel, Jordan and the West Bank. ... Events Caliph Ali Ben Abu Talib is assassinated. ... Ali ibn Abu Talib (Arabic: ) (c. ... Kharijites were members of an Islamic sect in late 7th and early 8th century AD, concentrated in todays southern Iraq. ...11th-18th century * 11th Century, Syria & Iran : The Hasaniyyin, followers of Hasan-i Sabbah, formed a radical group that murdered important enemies. The group is more widely known by the derogatory name of Hashshashin, i.e. partakers of Hashish. Many say that their name is the source for the word 'assassin'.[3] * 1605 November 5 Failed Gunpowder Plot to blow up English Parliament with James I in attendance.[4](10th century - 11th century - 12th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Hasan ibn Sabbah (circa 1034 - 1124), or The Old Man of the Mountain, was an Iranian Ismaili missionary who converted a community in the late 11th century in the heart of the Elburz Mountains of northern Iran. ... The Hashshashin (also Hashishin), or Assassins were a religious group (some would say a cult) of Ismaili Muslims from the Nizari sub-sect with a militant basis, thought to be active in the 8th to 14th centuries as a mystic secret society specialising in terrorising the Abbasid elite with fearlessly... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... Events April 13 - Tsar Boris Godunow dies - Feodor II accedes to the throne May 16 - Paul V becomes Pope June 1 - Russian troops in Moscow imprison Feodor II and his mother. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 involved a desperate but failed attempt by a group of provincial English Catholic extremists to kill King James I of England, his family, and most of the Protestant aristocracy in one fell swoop by blowing up the Houses of Parliament during the State Opening. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... James VI of Scotland and I of England (Charles James) (19 June 1566â“27 March 1625) was a King who ruled over England, Scotland and Ireland, and was the first Sovereign to reign in the three realms simultaneously. ...19th century * 1831, Jan van Speyk detonates his own ship in the harbor of Antwerp. * 1840, Benjamin Lett destroys a monument to British general Sir Isaac Brock * 1856, 1858, 1859, raids by John Brown in his fight against slavery. * 1881 Tzar Alexander II of Russia is assassinated by a People's Will (Narodnaya volya) terrorist. * 1886 Bomb at Haymarket Square, Chicago during a labor rally kills 12.1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Van Speyk shoots at a barrel of gunpowder, detonating his own ship. ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to a number of triptychs by Renaissance Belgian painter Rubens. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Benjamin Lett (14 November 1813 – 1858) was an Irish-Canadian filibusterer best known for his destruction of the monument to British general Sir Isaac Brock. ... Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. (6 October 1769 â“ October 13, 1812) was a British major-general and administrator, who served in various parts of the Empire for nearly thirty years, serving in the Caribbean, Denmark, and elsewhere. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... John Brown John Brown (May 9, 1800 â“ December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist who played a major part in the history of slavery in the United States leading up to the American Civil War. ... A monument celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, erected in Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, London Look up Slavery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Enslaved redirects here. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Alexander II (1818-1881) Alexander (Aleksandr) II (Russian: Ð?лекÑ?Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ II Ð?иколаевич) (April 17, 1818â“March 13, 1881) was the Emperor (tsar) of Russia from March 2, 1855 until his assassination. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 9 - The United States of America is 40,000 days old. ... On May 1, 1886 (on May Day), labor unions organized a strike for an eight-hour work day in Chicago, Illinois, United States. ...1900s-1940s * 1904 May 18: Ion Perdicaris and Cromwell Varley kidnapped and ransomed by bandit Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli in Morocco. * 1910 October 1: A bomb at the Los Angeles Times newspaper building in Los Angeles, California, United States, killed 21 workers. * 1914 June 28: Assassination in Sarajevo of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife, precipitating World War I. * 1916 July 30: Black Tom Explosion, allegedly caused by German saboteurs, causes heavy damage to Jersey City, New Jersey and Ellis Island, but kills only 3 or 4 people. * 1920 September 16: Wall Street Bombing kills 40 people and wounds 300 others. * 1927 May 18: Bath School Disaster Andrew Kehoe's bombs kill 45 people, mostly children, and wound 58 more. * 1934 October 9: Assasination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou in Marseilles by Ustashas and IMRO * 1945, August 6th and 9th: The United States sent off Fat man and Little boy on to Nagasaki and Hiroshima * 1946 July 22: Bombing of King David Hotel, the British Military HQ in Jerusalem, by the Zionist group Irgun.1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... Ion Perdicaris (1840 - 1925) was a U.S.-Greek playboy who was the centre of the infamous Perdicaris incident, a kidnapping that aroused international conflict in 1904. ... Butch Cassidy, a famous outlaw An outlaw, a person living the lifestyle of outlawry, is most familiar to contemporary readers as a stock character in Western movies. ... 1910 in topic: Arts Architecture- Art- Film- Literature- Music- Television Science and technology Aviation- Rail transport- Science Other topics Australia- Canada- Ireland- South Africa- Sport Births- Deaths Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious leaders 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... The Los Angeles Times (also LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the western United States. ... The Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd) - Land 404,298 km² - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... A plaque commemorating the exact scene of the Sarajevo Assassination. ... Franz Ferdinand links to here. ... Countess Sophie With family. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... 1916 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... Black Tom pier, after the explosion. ... Jersey Citys skyline from Hoboken, New Jersey. ... Immigration Museum on Ellis Island Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor at the mouth of the Hudson River, was at one time the main immigration port for immigrants entering the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... The Wall Street bombing was a deadly terrorist incident that occurred on September 16, 1920 in the Financial District of New York City. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... The Bath School Disaster was an incident on May 18, 1927, in which a dynamite blast rocked the Bath Consolidated School in Bath Township, about 10 miles northeast of Lansing, in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... Aleksandar I aka the the fat ugly Serb King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (Serbian Kralj Aleksandar I (Cetinje, Montenegro, 16 December 1888 â“ Marseille, France, 9 October 1934) of the Royal House of KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević was the first king of the... French politician Louis Barthou Jean Louis Barthou (August 25, 1862 â“ October 9, 1934) was a French politician of the Third Republic. ... Marseilles redirects here. ... The Ustaše (often spelled Ustashe in English; singular Ustaša or Ustasha) was a Croatian right-wing organisation put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers in 1941. ... The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (in Macedonian: Vnatrešna Makedonska Revolucionerna Organizacija, in Bulgarian: Vatreshna Makedonska Revolyucionna Organizaciya, commonly known in English as IMRO, was the name of a revolutionary political organization in the Macedonia region of the Ottoman Empire, and later... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A post-war Fat Man model. ... Little Boy bomb casing Little Boy was the codename given to the nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on Monday, August 6, 1945. ... Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge) Nagasaki listen? (é•·å´å¸‚; -shi, literally long peninsula) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture located at the south-western coast of Kyushu, Japan. ... Main keep of Hiroshima Castle The city of Hiroshima (広島市; -shi) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japans islands. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... July 22 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... On July 22, 1946, members of the Jewish underground militant organization Irgun Tsvai-Leumi in the British Mandate of Palestine planted a bomb in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Yerushalayim; Arabical-Quds; see also names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ... Irgun poster showing their view of the Land of Israel Irgun, shorthand for Irgun Tsvai Leumi , also spelled Irgun Zvai Leumi), Hebrew for National Military Organization, was a militant Zionist group that operated in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1931 to 1948. ...1950s * 1950 November 1: Puerto Rican nationalists fail to assassinate President Truman. * 1954: Lavon Affair – Mossad agents bomb targets in Egypt, attempting to discredit the Egyptian government. * 1954 March 1: U.S. Capitol shooting incident by Puerto Rican nationalists, wounding five Congressmen. * 1955, August: Members of the Algerian FLN massacre civilians in the town of Philippeville. * 1956 September 30: The FLN sets off bombs at the office of Air France and elsewhere in Algiers.1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... For the victim of Mt. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lavon Affair refers to a widespread political scandal in Israel that followed an Israeli covert operation in Egypt known as Operation Suzannah. ... Official seal of the Mossad Ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim, Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks) is an Israeli intelligence agency, commonly referred to as Mossad. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... The U.S. Capitol shooting incident of 1954 was an attack on March 1, 1954 by four Puerto Rican nationalists who shot thirty rounds of a Luger and automatic pistol from the Ladies Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the U.S. House of Representatives into the floor of the... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... The National Liberation Front (French: Front de libération nationale, Arabic: Jabhah al-Tah,ri-r al-Wat,ani-) is a socialist political party in Algeria. ... Philippeville is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. ... Air France Boeing 747 Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before the take-over of KLM, it was essentially the national airline of France, employing 71,654 people (at January 2005). ... Algiers (Fr. ...1960s * 1963: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. A member of the Ku Klux Klan bombed a Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls. * 1966: Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the then-quiescent IRA; on June 26 commit three sectarian murders. * 1968 December 26: Two Palestinian gunmen travel from Beirut to Athens, and attack an El Al jet there, killing one person. * 1969: A bomb in a bank killed 16 people in Milan1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing was a terrorist incident that proved to be a turning point of the US civil rights movement of the 1960s. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South Location in Alabama Founded -Incorporated 1871 1871 County Jefferson County Mayor Bernard Kincaid Area - Total - Water 393. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is a Northern Ireland loyalist paramilitary group. ... This article primarily deals with the Irish Republican Army up to 1922. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... Central Beirut (2004) Beirut (Arabic: , transliterated BayrÅ«t - the French name, Beyrouth, was also commonly used in English in the past) is the capital, largest city and chief seaport of Lebanon. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... Categories: Airline stubs | Companies of Israel | Transportation in Israel | Airlines of Israel ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... MILAN 2 Type anti-tank Nationality joint France/German Era Cold War Platform Individual, Vehicle Target Vehicle History Builder Date of design Production period Service duration Operators War service Specifications Type Diameter 0. ...1970s1970 * February 21: A bomb explodes in the rear of Swissair Flight 330, causing it to crash near Zürich, Switzerland, killing 38 passengers and all 9 crew members. * May 8: Avivim school bus massacre by Palestinian PLO members, killing nine children, three adults and crippling 19. * August 24: the Army Mathematics Research Center on the University of Wisconsin campus was blown up resulting in 1 death * September 6: Coordinated hijacking of four jet aircraft. One hijacking is foiled in midair and two planes are diverted to Jordan’s Dawson Field. Nicaraguan hijacker Sandinista Patrick Arguello was killed and all passengers were freed after negotiated release of captured hijacker Leila Khaled and three PFLP prisoners. The following day a fifth airplane was also hijacked. See Dawson's Field hijackings, Black September in Jordan. * October 5 – 17: October Crisis (Quebec): FLQ murder of Pierre Laporte, kidnapping of James Cross.February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Swissair Flight SR330 was a regularly scheduled flight from Zurich International Airport in Kloten, Switzerland to Tel Aviv, Israel. ... Zürich (in English often Zurich, IPA ) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... An ambush attack known as the Avivim school bus massacre took place on May 8, 1970 near Avivim, an agricultural community in Israel founded in 1963 by Moroccan immigrants. ... The Palestinians are a mainly Arabic-speaking people with family origins in Palestine. ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, with an intent to destroy Israel. ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... For the University of Wisconsin system, see University of Wisconsin System. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... Sandinista! is also the name of a popular music album by The Clash. ... The only hijacker killed in the Dawsons Field hijackings of 1970, Patrick Arguello had the distinction of being a Nicaraguan fighting alongside the Palestinian PFLP Arguello in an undated photo // Youth After spending his childhood in Nicaragua, Patricks parents Rodolfo Arguello and Catherine Ryan, were forced to flee... Leila Khaled in the 70s Leila Khaled (born April 9, 1944) is a former member of George Habashs Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), part of the secular, leftwing Palestinian rejectionist front. ... The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (Arabic Al-Jabhah al-Shabiyyah Li-Tahrir Filastin is a secular, Marxist-Leninist, nationalist Palestinian organization, founded after the Six-Day War in 1967. ... Main article: Black September in Jordan The Dawsons Field hijacking occurred on September 6, 1970. ... This article, Black September in Jordan, describes the events surrounding September, 1970 in Jordan. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... The October Crisis was a series of dramatic events triggered by two terrorist kidnappings that occurred in Quebec, Canada, during the month of October, 1970. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Pierre Laporte (February 25, 1921 - October 1970), was a Canadian politician who was assassinated by members of the FLQ. Pierre Laporte Pierre Laporte was born in Montreal, Quebec. ... James Richard Cross (September 29, 1921-) was a British diplomat in Canada who was kidnapped by the Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis of October 1970. ...1971 * December 4: UVF bomb in McGurk's bar in Belfast's North Queen Street kills 15 people.December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is a Northern Ireland loyalist paramilitary group. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom. ...1972 * May 30: Lod Airport Massacre by the Japanese Red Army terrorists, killing 26 and injuring 78. * July 21: Bloody Friday nine are killed and 130 injured as Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) sets off 22 bombs. * July 31: Provisional Irish Republican Army set off three car bombs in Claudy killing six. * September 5: Black September kidnaps and kills 11 Israeli Olympic athletes and one German policeman in the Munich Massacre.May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... On May 30, 1972 three members of the Japanese Red Army undertook a terrorist attack in Lod Airport in Tel Aviv on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. ... The Japanese Red Army (日本赤è»?, Nihon Sekigun) (JRA) is an international organisation founded by Ms. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... Bloody Friday is the name given to July 21, 1972, due to bombing by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in and around Belfast, Northern Ireland on that day. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA; more commonly referred to as the IRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the army or the Ra) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA; more commonly referred to as the IRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the army or the Ra) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... The expression Black September may refer to: Black September, a Palestinian paramilitary organization The Black September in Jordan, a conflict between Palestinian militant organizations and Hashemite King Hussein of Jordan that began in September 1970 and ended in July 1971 with the expulsion of the PLO to Lebanon. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... One of the Black September kidnappers on the balcony of the Israeli hostel at the Olympic village The Munich Massacre occurred at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September. ...1973 * December 17: Pan Am Flight 110: 30 passengers were killed when phosphorus bombs are thrown aboard the aircraft as it prepares for departure. * December 20: Basque ETA group kills Spanish Prime Minister Admiral Carrero Blanco bombing his car in Madrid.December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Damage from an explosion of Pan Am Flight 110 On December 17, 1973 Pan Am Flight 110 was scheduled to fly from Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Rome to Beirut International Airport in Lebanon. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Basques are an indigenous people who inhabit parts of both Spain and France. ... ETA symbol Euskadi Ta Askatasuna is an armed Basque separatist organisation that seeks, through violence, to create an independent socialist state for the Basque people, separate from Spain and France, the states that currently control the Basque country. ... Luís Carrero Blanco (March 4, 1903 – December 20, 1973) was a Spanish admiral and statesman. ... A car bomb is a bomb that is placed in a car or truck and is intended to be exploded while there. ... Plaza de Cibeles (Cibeles square) and the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) Coat of arms. ...1974 * January 31: * JRA–PFLP attack on a Shell Oil facility in Singapore and the simultaneous seizure of the Japanese embassy in Kuwait. * April 11: Kiryat Shmona massacre at an apartment building by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members, killing 18 people, 9 of whom were children * May 15: Ma'alot massacre at the Ma'alot High School in Northern Israel by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members: 26 of the hostages were killed, 66 wounded. * May 17: UVF detonates 3 car bombs in Dublin and one in Monaghan; 33 dead – the deadliest toll of any one day in Ireland's 'Troubles'. * September 8: TWA Flight 841: Bomb kills 88 on jetliner. * September 13: Basque ETA group bombs the "Rolando" cafeteria in Madrid and kills 12. * October 5: Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves five dead and 44 injured. * November 21: Birmingham pub bombing by the IRA kills 21, 182 people are injured.January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Japanese Red Army (日本赤è»?, Nihon Sekigun) (JRA) is an international organisation founded by Ms. ... The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (Arabic Al-Jabhah al-Shabiyyah Li-Tahrir Filastin is a secular, Marxist-Leninist, nationalist Palestinian organization, founded after the Six-Day War in 1967. ... A Shell petrol station sign in the UK The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (called Shell Oil in North America), has its headquarters split between the Shell Centre in London, United Kingdom and The Hague, Netherlands. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... On April 11, 1974, a three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command crossed the Israeli border from Lebanon. ... The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)al-Jabhah al-Shaabiyah li-Tahri-r Filast.i-n) is a secular, Marxist-Leninist, nationalist Palestinian organization, founded after the Six-Day War in 1967. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... The Maalot massacre was a school massacre in Maalot, Israel, that occurred on May 15, 1974. ... Maalot (hebrew ?????) is a town in northern Israel, about 20 km east of Nahariyya. ... The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) al-Jabhah al-Shaabiyah li-Tahri-r Filast.i-n) is a secular, Marxist-Leninist, nationalist Palestinian organization, founded after the Six-Day War in 1967. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is a Northern Ireland loyalist paramilitary group. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Ã?tha Cliath),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region. ... Monaghan (Muineachán in Irish) is a town in the Republic of Ireland, the administrative capital of County Monaghan. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... On September 8, 1974, TWA Flight 841 took off from Tel Aviv, Israel, en route to JFK International Airport. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... ETA symbol Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, or ETA , is an armed Basque separatist organisation that seeks, through violence, to create an independent socialist state for the Basque people, separate from Spain and France, the states that currently control the Basque country. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... Map sources for Guildford at grid reference SU9949 Guildford is the county town of Surrey, England, as well as being the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA; more commonly referred to as the IRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the army or the Ra) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Birmingham Six were Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, William Power and John Walker. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA; more commonly referred to as the IRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the army or the Ra) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation. ...1975 * January 24: FALN bomb the Fraunces Tavern, killing four and injuring more than 50 * February 26: London police officer Stephen Tibble, 22, is shot dead as he chases an IRA gunman escaping from a bomb factory. * March 5: In the Savoy Operation PLO gunmen from Lebanon take dozens of hostages at the Tel Aviv Savoy Hotel eventually killing eight hostages and three IDF soldiers, and wounding 11 hostages. * July 31: Three members of Ireland's popular Miami Showband killed in UVF gun attack. * December 29: Bomb explodes at New York's LaGuardia Airport, killing 11 and injuring 75.January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (en: Armed Forces of National Liberation or Armed Commandos of Liberation) but better known by its initials in Spanish, FALN, is a Puerto Rican clandestine terrorist group that advocates complete independence for Puerto Rico. ... The current Fraunces Tavern restaurant on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan 1. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... St. ... Stephen Tibble (1953 - February 26, 1975) was a police officer killed by an IRA gunman whom he was chasing through Barons Court, London. ... IRA is an acronym with several meanings. ... Massive ordinance air-burst bomb. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... The Savoy Operation was a terrorist act masterminded by Abu Jihad On the night of March 4th, 1975, at 11:00 PM eight terrorists in two teams landed by boat on the Tel-Aviv beach. ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, with an intent to destroy Israel. ... Tel Aviv at night Dizengof Center Allenby Street Tel Aviv-Yafo Tal Abi-b-Ya-fa-) is an Israeli city on the coast of the Mediterranean sea. ... IDF or idf may refer to: the International Diabetes Federation the Israel Defense Forces the AIDC Ching-kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter of Taiwan. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is a Northern Ireland loyalist paramilitary group. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... FAA diagram of LaGuardia Airport . Fiorello LaGuardia Airport is located in Flushing, a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens, New York near the Flushing Bay. ...1976 * February 3: Somali Coast Liberation Front hijack a school bus in Djibouti, killing one girl * February 16: Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia assassinate Turkish diplomat Oktay Cerit in Paris. * June 26–July 4: Hijacking of Air France Flight 139 (Tel-Aviv-Paris) and the following Operation Entebbe; 4 hostages and one IDF soldier killed. * September 21: Orlando Letelier assassinated in Washington by Chilean government. * October 6: A Cubana aircraft was bombed while flying from Barbados to Havana, killing 73. * December 4: In the Netherlands, members of the RMS movement occupy the Indonesian diplomatic consulate in The Hague. One Indonesian official was killed. * December 14: In the Netherlands, near Beilen, a passenger train was hijacked by members of the RMS movement, passengers were kept hostage. Three passengers were killed by the hijackers.February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) is a defunct militant organisation claiming to defend the rights of Armenians in Turkey. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... Air France Boeing 747 Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before the take-over of KLM, it was essentially the national airline of France, employing 71,654 people (at January 2005). ... Entebbe Airport, Uganda, scene of Operation Entebbe Operation Entebbe took place on the night of July 3 and early morning of July 4, 1976. ... IDF or idf may refer to: the International Diabetes Federation the Israel Defense Forces the AIDC Ching-kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter of Taiwan. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... Orlando Letelier (1932 April 13 - 1976 September 21) was a former member of the Chilean government who was assassinated in Washington, D.C. by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, in 1976. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... Cubana de Aviacion Yakovlev Yak-42, registration CU-T 1243, at Cancun International Airport, Mexico, on October 12th 2003 Cubana de Aviación is Cubas domestic and international airline. ... Havana (Spanish: San Cristóbal de La Habana; UN/LOCODE: Habana (CU HAV)) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The South Moluccas, or Republik Maluku Selatan (RMS), was a self-proclaimed republic in the Maluku Islands, founded May 25, 1950. ... See also: consulate (disambiguation). ... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Midden-Drenthe is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... There are various types of trains designed for particular purposes, see rail transport operations. ... The South Moluccas, or Republik Maluku Selatan (RMS), was a self-proclaimed republic in the Maluku Islands, founded May 25, 1950. ...1977 * March 9: Three buildings in Washington, DC are seized and over 100 hostages taken. Washington city councilman Marion Barry is shot in the chest during the incident and after a standoff all hostages are released from the District building, B’nai Brith, and the Islamic Center. * April 7: Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver were shot by two Red Army Faction members. * May 23: In the Netherlands, RMS activists kept 105 children and 5 teachers hostage in a school in Smilde. * June 11: In the Netherlands, near Groningen, a passenger train was hijacked by members of the RMS, 55 passengers were kept hostage. In an army attack six hijackers and two passengers were killed. * July 30: Jürgen Ponto, then head of the Dresdner Bank, was shot and killed by the Red Army Faction in a failed kidnapping. * September 5: Hanns Martin Schleyer was kidnapped by the Red Army Faction. He was executed by the Red Army Faction on October 19, 1977. * October 13: Lufthansa flight LH 181 was kidnapped by a group of four Arabs around the leader "Captain Martyr Mahmud".March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Siegfried Buback (January 3, 1920 in Wilsdruff â“ April 7, 1977 in Karlsruhe) was the chief federal prosecutor from 1974-1977 for the Bundesgerichtshof, the highest court of appeals in Germany. ... RAF Logo with red star and MP5 The Red Army Faction (in German: Rote Armee Fraktion; RAF), also known as the Baader-Meinhof Group, or the Baader-Meinhof Gang, which was one of the core groups within the RAF, was postwar Germanys most active leftist revolutionary group, which is... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... The South Moluccas, or Republik Maluku Selatan (RMS), was a self-proclaimed republic in the Maluku Islands, founded May 25, 1950. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... Groningen is a municipality and city in the north of the Netherlands, and capital of Groningen province. ... There are various types of trains designed for particular purposes, see rail transport operations. ... The South Moluccas, or Republik Maluku Selatan (RMS), was a self-proclaimed republic in the Maluku Islands, founded May 25, 1950. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... Dresdner Bank is one of Germanys largest banking corporations and is located in Frankfurt. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... Hanns Martin Schleyer (May 1, 1915 (Offenburg) - October 19, 1977 (assassinated by the Red Army Faction near Mulhouse, France)) was a German manager and employer representative. ... October 19 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... Lufthansa Boeing 737-300 Lufthansa Airbus A300-B4 Lufthansa Avro RJ85 Lufthansa (Deutsche Lufthansa AG) is the largest German airline company, headquartered in Cologne. ... For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). ...1978 * 1978–1995: The Unabomber kills three and injures 29 in a string of anti-technology bombings. * February 13: Hilton bombing: A bomb is detonated outside the CHOGM meeting in Sydney, Australia, killing 2 people. 3 Ananda Marga members are later arrested and jailed for the attack. * March: In the Netherlands members of the RMS movement occupy a provincial office in Assen. 67 persons were kept hostage, one official was killed on the spot, another died of injuries a month later. * March 11: Coastal Road massacre: Fatah gunmen killed several tourists and hijack a bus near Haifa; 37 Israelis on the bus are killed. * March 16 – May 9: The Red Brigade kidnapping of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro and assassinate him 55 days later.1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Theodore Kaczynski Theodore John Kaczynski, Ph. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... On 13 February 1978 at 1:40am a bomb exploded in a rubbish bin outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia killing two garbagemen and a policeman, and injuring several others. ... The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is a biennial meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations. ... Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... Ananda Marga is a social and spiritual organization founded in India in 1955 by spiritual master and philosopher Prabhat Rainjain Sarkar, known by his spiritual name of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... The South Moluccas, or Republik Maluku Selatan (RMS), was a self-proclaimed republic in the Maluku Islands, founded May 25, 1950. ... Assen railway station Assen is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... Charred remains of the hijacked bus Front end remains of the hijacked bus The Coastal Road Massacre is the name by which a Palestinian terrorist attack on an Israeli coastal-road bus is known. ... The Fatah official emblem shows two fists holding rifles and a hand grenade superimposed on a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip). ... For the Lebanese singer, see Haifa Wehbe Haifa is the third-largest city in Israel, with a population close to 300,000. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse) is a terrorist group located in Italy. ... Aldo Moro Aldo Moro (Maglie, Lecce Province, September 23, 1916 - May 9, 1978) was twice Prime Minister of Italy. ...1979 * July 29: Basque ETA members bomb two railway stations in Madrid, killing 7. * August 27: Lord Mountbatten and three others are killed by IRA bomb on board his boat off Mullaghmore. The same day two IRA bombs kill 18 British Soldiers near Warrenpoint. After the explosions a heavy gun battle ensued between the Soldiers and the Bombers firing from their position inside the border with the Republic of Ireland. One civilian was caught in the crossfire and killed.July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... ETA symbol Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, is an armed Basque separatist organisation that seeks, through violence, to create an independent socialist state for the Basque people, separate from Spain and France, the states that currently control the Basque country. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (June 25, 1900 – August 27, 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA; more commonly referred to as the IRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the army or the Ra) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation. ... This article primarily deals with the Irish Republican Army up to 1922. ...1980s1980 * March 24: Archbishop Óscar Romero assassinated by death squads in El Salvador. * April 30: Iranian Embassy siege Iraqi agents take over the Iranian Embassy in London, gaining hostages. After a number of days, one hostage was killed by the Iraqis, and the Special Air Service assaulted the building to rescue the remaining hostages. One hostage died during the assault. * August 2: Strage di Bologna A terrorist bombing at the railway station in Bologna, Italy kills 85 people and wounds more than 200. * December 2: Four US nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador. * December 11: U.S. trained Salvadoran Army unit executes 800 civilians at the village of El Mozote.March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... Archbishop Óscar Romero Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Goldámez (August 15, 1917 â“ March 24, 1980) was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in El Salvador. ... A death squad is an extra-judicial group whose members execute or assassinate persons they believe to be politically unreliable or undesirable. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... The Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980 was a terrorist siege of the Iranian Embassy in London, United Kingdom. ... St. ... This article is about the British Special Air Service. ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... Rescue teams making their way through the rubble The Bologna massacre, also known in Italy as the Strage di Bologna, was a terrorist bombing against the Central Station of Bologna, Italy on the morning of 2 August 1980, which killed 85 people and wounded more than 200. ... Rescue teams making their way through the rubble The Bologna massacre, also known in Italy as the Strage di Bologna, was a terrorist bombing against the Central Station of Bologna, Italy on the morning of 2 August 1980, which killed 85 people and wounded more than 200. ... History The first Bologna Centrale station was constructed in 1864, however there are sketchy and unclear testimonies regarding its life. ... Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulaggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... A death squad is an extra-judicial group whose members execute or assassinate persons they believe to be politically unreliable or undesirable. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The El Mozote Massacre took place in the village of El Mozote, in Morazán department, El Salvador, on December 11, 1981, when Salvadoran armed forces slaughtered an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign. ...1981 * October 6: Assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat by Islamic Jihad.October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... Anwar Sadat Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat (December 25, 1918 â“ October 6, 1981) was an Egyptian politician and President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981. ... Islamic Jihad (Arabic: Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami) is a militant Islamist group based in the Syrian capital, Damascus. ...1982 * March 29: A bomb on board the Paris-Toulouse train, kills 5 injures 27. Carlos usually assumed to be responsible. * July 20: Two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, London by the IRA kill 8 members of the Household Cavalry and the Royal Green Jackets. Seven horses are also killed. * August 7: Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia set off bomb in Ankara airport, killing 9 people and wounding 70. * August 9: Rue des Rosiers, Paris gunning and bombing of Goldenberg restaurant : 6 killed 22 wounded - Fatah - the Revolutionary Council * September 14: Assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Bashir Gemayel and twenty-five others in an car explosion at the Kataeb headquarters. * September 17: Sabra and Shatila Massacre: the murder of hundreds of Palestinian civilians at refugee camps by Israeli-backed Christian Phalangist militiamen. * October 14: Direct Action bombs a Litton Industries factory.March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The Capitole, the 18th century city hall of Toulouse and best known landmark in the city; in the foreground is the Place du Capitole, a hub of urban life at the very center of the city Toulouse (pronounced in standard French, in local Toulouse accent) (Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced ) is a... Carlos with fiancée Isabelle Coutant-Peyre Ilich RamÃrez Sánchez (born October 12, 1949) was a militant, mercenary, professional revolutionary, and playboy; he is better known by the nom de guerre Carlos the Jackal, which may have been given to him by the press after a copy of... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England, and one of the Royal Parks of London. ... For other meanings, see Regents Park (disambiguation) Regents Park (officially The Regents Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. ... St. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA; more commonly referred to as the IRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the army or the Ra) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation. ... The term Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth of Nations to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions. ... Cap badge of the Royal Green Jackets The Royal Green Jackets is an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two within the Light Division (the other being The Light Infantry). ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) is a defunct militant organisation claiming to defend the rights of Armenians in Turkey. ... Ankara from the Atakule Tower, looking N-NE Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Istanbul. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Fatah - the Revolutionary Council (better known as the Abu Nidal Organization, after its founder Abu Nidal) was an international terrorist organization created by a split from the Fatah in 1974. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). ... Bachir Gemayel, first name also spelt Bashir, (November 10, 1947 - September 14, 1982) was a Lebanese military commander and politician. ... The Kataeb Party, better known in English-speaking countries as the Phalange, is a Lebanese political party that was first established as a Maronite nationalist youth movement in 1936 by Pierre Gemayel. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1982 Sabra and Shatila Massacre Conflict Lebanese Civil War Date 16 September 1982 Place Sabra and Shatila Refugee Camp Result Large civilian casualties Template:Campaignbox War of the Camps The Sabra and Shatila massacre (or Sabra and Chatila massacre) was carried out in September 1982 by Lebanese Maronite Christian militias... In its simplist form, a Christian is a follower of and a believer in Jesus of Nazareth. ... The Kataeb Party, better known in English-speaking countries as the Phalange, is a Lebanese political party that was first established as a Maronite nationalist youth movement in 1936 by Pierre Gemayel. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). ... Direct action is a method and a theory of stopping objectionable practices or creating more favorable conditions using immediately available means, such as strikes, boycotts, workplace occupations, sit-ins, or sabotage, and less oppositional methods such as establishing radical social centres, although these are often squatted. ... Litton Industries was a large defense contractor in the United States, bought by the Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2001. ...1983 * April 18: U.S. Embassy Bombing in Beirut, Lebanon kills 63. * July 15: Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia bombed a Turkish airline counter in the Orly Airport, killing eight people and wounding over 50. * September 23: Gulf Air Flight 771 is bombed, killing all 117 people on board. * October 9: Rangoon bombing by North Koreans targets South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan, killing 21 persons and injuring 48. * October 23: Marine Barracks Bombing in Beirut kills 241 U.S. Marines. 58 French troops from the multinational force are also killed in a separate attack. * December 17: Harrods bomb by the IRA. Six are killed (including three police officers) and 90 wounded during Christmas shopping at the West London department store. * December 31: On the way to New Year's Eve 7 persons are killed and 70 wounded by bombs on the Marseille to Paris TGV and at the St-Charles station in Marseille. The attack is attributed to Carlos on behalf of the O.L.A.April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... The April 18, 1983, suicide bombing of the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon was the deadliest attack on a US displomatic mission to that time, and is seen by some as marking the beginning of anti-US attacks by Islamic groups. ... Central Beirut (2004) Beirut (Arabic: , transliterated BayrÅ«t - the French name, Beyrouth, was also commonly used in English in the past) is the capital, largest city and chief seaport of Lebanon. ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) is a defunct militant organisation claiming to defend the rights of Armenians in Turkey. ... Diagram of Orly airport Orly Airport is an airport located in Orly, south of Paris, France. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... Gulf Air Flight 771 was a flight that flew from Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to Karachi International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... The 1983 Rangoon bombing was a devastating act of terrorism by North Korea and an attempt to kill the South Korean President, Chun Doo Hwan. ... North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Choso(n Minjujuu(i Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul; Hanja: is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. ... South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: Daehan Minguk Hangul is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. ... Chun Doo Hwan (born 18 January Korean military officer and the President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... The 1983 barracks bombing was a major terrorist incident during the Lebanese Civil War. ... Central Beirut (2004) Beirut (Arabic: , transliterated BayrÅ«t - the French name, Beyrouth, was also commonly used in English in the past) is the capital, largest city and chief seaport of Lebanon. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA; more commonly referred to as the IRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the army or the Ra) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation. ... Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... St. ... A department store organizes its goods by departments, such as womens clothes, home furnishings, electronics, and the like. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... New Years Eve is a celebration held the day before New Years Day, on December 31, the final day of the year. ... City motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... City motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis. ... Carlos with fiancée Isabelle Coutant-Peyre Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (born October 12, 1949) was a terrorist, professional revolutionary, and playboy; he is better known by the nom de guerre Carlos the Jackal, which may have been given to him by the press after a copy of the...1984 * October 12: Brighton hotel bombing by the IRA: 5 are killed in an attempt to kill members of the British cabinet. * October 31: Two Sikh bodyguards assassinate Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi.October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... The Grand Hotel, Brighton, 2004 The Brighton hotel bombing was the bombing by the Provisional IRA of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in the early morning of October 12, 1984. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA; more commonly referred to as the IRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the army or the Ra) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation. ... Alternate meanings in cabinet (disambiguation) A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... A Sikh man wearing a turban A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith originating in the Punjab. ... The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the government of India. ... Indira Gandhi(19 November 1917 â“ 31 October 1984) was Prime Minister of India from 19 January 1966 to 24 March 1977, and from 14 January 1980 until her assassination in 1984. ...1985 * February 28: IRA mortar attack kills nine Police officers in Newry. * June 14: TWA Flight 847 hijacking. * June 22: Air India Flight 182 is blown up by a bomb put onboard the flight from Canada by Sikh nationalists. All 329 people on board are killed. The single most deadly terrorist attack prior to September 11, 2001. A second Air India flight from Canada was targeted on the same day, but the bomb exploded at the Tokyo airport, in the luggage outside the aircraft, killing two baggage handlers, bringing the total death toll of the act to 331. * October 7 – October 10: Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking by Palestinian Liberation Front, during which passenger Leon Klinghoffer is shot dead. * November 23: EgyptAir Flight 648 hijacked by Abu Nidal group, flown to Malta, where Egyptian commandos storm plane; 60 are killed by gunfire and explosions. * December 27: Rome and Vienna Airport Attacks. * Investigators associated with the WHO reported that U.S.-funded Contras repeatedly destroyed health-care facilities and murdered health-care workers in Nicaraqua.February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... Two hijackers in the cockpit with Captain Testrake Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was hijacked on June 14, 1985. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... Air India Flight 182 was a Boeing 747 that exploded on June 23, 1985 while at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean, south of Ireland; all 329 on board were killed, of whom 82 were children and 280 were Canadian citizens. ... A Sikh man wearing a turban A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith originating in the Punjab. ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... The Achille Lauro The Achille Lauro was a passenger liner, most remembered for its 1985 hijacking. ... The Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) was founded to create a Palestinian state; it was headquartered first in Lebanon, and later in Tunisia. ... Leon Klinghoffer (September 24, 1916–October 8, 1985) was a retired appliance manufacturer of New York who was disabled and used a wheelchair for mobility. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... EgyptAir Flight 648 was a Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Athens to Cairo, carrying 96 people. ... Abu Nidal in the 1970s, in one of only a handful of photographs of him known to exist. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Rome and Vienna Airport Attacks were two major terrorist attacks carried out on December 27, 1985. ... The WHO flag: similar to the flag of the United Nations, augmented with the symbolic staff and serpent of Asklepios, Greek god of medicine and healing. ... The Contras (short for contrarrevolucionarios, a Spanish term meaning counter-revolutionaries) were the armed opponents of Nicaraguas Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle and the ending of the Somoza familys 43-year rule. ...1986 * April 2: TWA Flight 840 bombed on approach to Athens airport; four passengers (all of them American), including an infant, are killed. * April 6: the La Belle discotheque in Berlin, a known hangout for U.S. soldiers, was bombed, killing three and injuring 230 people, for which Libya is held responsible. In retaliation, the US bombs Libya in Operation El Dorado Canyon and tries to kill Colonel Qaddafi. * June 14: ANC bombs Why Not Restaurant and Magoo's Bar in Durban, South Africa, 3 people killed, 73 wounded. * July 15: ETA Basque militant group bombs a Guardia Civil police truck, kills 12. * September 5: Pan Am Flight 73, an American civilian airliner, is hijacked; 22 people die when plane is stormed in Karachi, Pakistan. * December 25: Iraqi Airways Hijacking * December 31: New Year's Eve fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, claimed 97 lives, mainly in the casino area. Fire set by 3 hotel workers, trying to make tourists stay away from Puerto Rico as a protest to their working wages.2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... TWA Flight 840 was a regularly scheduled flight from Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport in Rome, Italy to Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... The April 6, 1986 La Belle discotheque bombing was a terroristic attack on a discotheque in West Berlin that was frequented by US soldiers. ... Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... Operation El Dorado Canyon was the name of the joint United States Air Force and Navy air-strikes against Libya on April 15, 1986. ... Qadhafi can refer to: Moammar al-Qadhafi, leader of Libya since 1970 Khadaffy Janjalani, leader of the Filipino terrorist group Abu Sayyaf This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remai