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Eastern Airlines Plane Hijacked
Copilot shot and killed. -
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1970 - 2013
Copilot shot and killed -
Black Panther Shooting
9 killed and 11 injured in shooting by former Black Panther member, in New Orleans, LA -
New York City
Bomb set off in historic Tavern killed 4 and injured more than 50 people. Puerto Rican nationalist group (FALN) claimed responsibility, and police tied 13 other bombings to the group. -
Tehran, Iran
Iranian radical students seized the U.S. embassy, taking 66 hostages. 14 were later released. The remaining 52 were freed after 444 days on the day of President Reagan's inauguration -
Beirut, Lebanon Embassy
The U.S. embassy in Beirut is destroyed in a suicide car bomb attack. Sixty-three people are killed, among them 17 Americans, including the CIA's chief Middle East analyst Robert C. Ames. -
New York City
New York City: bomb exploded in basement garage of World Trade Center, killing 6 and injuring at least 1,040 others. In 1995, militant Islamist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 9 others were convicted of conspiracy charges, and in 1998, Ramzi Yousef, believed to have been the mastermind, was convicted of the bombing. Al-Qaeda involvement is suspected. -
Aden, Yemen
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside it. 17 sailors killed. Linked to Osama bin Laden, or members of al-Qaeda terrorist network. -
New York City, Arlington, VA, and Shanksville, PA
New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa.: hijackers crashed 2 commercial jets into twin towers of World Trade Center; 2 more hijacked jets were crashed into the Pentagon and a field in rural Pa. Total dead and missing numbered 2,9921: 2,749 in New York City, 184 at the Pentagon, 40 in Pa., and 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed. -
Boston, MA
3 killed and 183 injured at bombings during the Boston Marathon.
