![]() ![]() "Bloody Friday," July 21, 1972: An Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb attacks killed eleven people and injure 130 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Agency for International Development Adviser Kidnapped, July 31, 1970: In Montevideo, Uruguay, the Tupamaros terrorist group kidnapped AID Police adviser Dan Mitrione his body was found on August 10. The Action Organization for the Liberation of Palestine and the Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack. All three terrorists were captured by airport police. One passenger was killed and 11 were injured. ![]() Ambassador to Brazil Charles Burke Elbrick was kidnapped by the Marxist revolutionary group MR-8.Īttack on the Munich Airport, February 10, 1970: Three terrorists attacked El Al passengers in a bus at the Munich Airport with guns and grenades. Meyer was attacked by a knife-wielding Japanese citizen.Īmbassador to Brazil Kidnapped, September 3, 1969: U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala John Gordon Mein was murdered by a rebel faction when gunmen forced his official car off the road in Guatemala City and raked the vehicle with gunfire.Īmbassador to Japan Attacked, July 30, 1969: U.S. Aircraft Hijacked, May 1, 1961: Puerto Rican born Antuilo Ramierez Ortiz forced at gunpoint a National Airlines plane to fly to Havana, Cuba, where he was given asylum.Īmbassador to Guatemala Assassinated, August 28, 1968: U.S. Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003: A Brief Chronologyįirst U.S. You are in: Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs > Bureau of Public Affairs > Bureau of Public Affairs: Office of the Historian > More Publications > Historical Background Papers Historical Background
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