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197,004,160,002 | 1,970 | 4 | 16 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Missouri | Kansas City | 39.176086 | -94.574127 | 1 | 0 | Women's Restroom | 4/16/1970: In a series of related attacks, unknown perpetrators bombed the Waltower Building in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. There were no casualties but the building sustained extensive damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 14 | Private Citizens & Property | 79 | Public Area (garden, parking lot, garage, beach, public building, camp) | Kansas City Office Building | Waltower Building | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Unknown | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 14 | Time Fuse | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Sophisticated time bomb device | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Two restrooms destroyed, elevator doors damaged, and six floors of ventilating shafts were damaged as well. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197004160001 and 197004160003. All three incidents occurred within a four-minute time span. This attack occurred two days after other bombings in Kansas City 197004130002, 197004130003, and 197004130004. The Kansas City Police department were unsure of the motive behind the attacks believing that the perpetrators could be left-wing radicals, right-wing radicals, or mad men. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Teamster Walkouts Close More Plants," Washington Post, April 17, 1970. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004160001, 197004160002, 197004160003 | 0 | 0.86671 |
197,004,160,003 | 1,970 | 4 | 16 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Missouri | Kansas City | 39.176086 | -94.574127 | 1 | 0 | Restroom | 4/16/1970: In a series of related attacks, unknown perpetrators bombed the Argyle Building in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. There were no casualties but the building was damaged. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 14 | Private Citizens & Property | 79 | Public Area (garden, parking lot, garage, beach, public building, camp) | Kansas City Office Building | Argyle Building | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Unknown | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 14 | Time Fuse | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Sophisticated time bomb device | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Restrooms and lobby damaged, glass doors shattered | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197004160001 and 197004160002. All three incidents occurred within a four-minute time span. This attack occurred two days after other bombings in Kansas City 197004130002, 197004130003, and 197004130004. The Kansas City Police department were unsure of the motive behind the attacks believing that the perpetrators could be left-wing radicals, right-wing radicals, or mad men. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Teamster Walkouts Close More Plants," Washington Post, April 17, 1970. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004160001, 197004160002, 197004160003 | 0 | 0.86671 |
197,004,160,004 | 1,970 | 4 | 16 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Trona | 35.76625 | -117.370674 | 1 | 0 | null | 4/16/1970: Unknown perpetrators bombed railroad tracks leading to the American Potash Plant in Trona, California, United States. There were no casualties but the tracks were partially damaged. At the time, the American Potash Plant of Trona was the scene of a major workers strike. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 5 | Industrial/Textiles/Factory | American Potash and Chemical Company | American Potash Plant, Trona California | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Strikers | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 28 | Dynamite/TNT | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Dynamite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Railroad tracks partially destroyed | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other attacks in Trona during the American Potash Plant strike include 197004050004, 197004050005, 197004140002 197004220001, and 197005210001 | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 1 |
197,004,170,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 17 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Oakland | 37.791927 | -122.225906 | 1 | 0 | null | 4/17/1970: Suspected members of the Black Panther Party ambushed a police paddy wagon carrying two police officers and four prisoners in Oakland, California, United States. Both police officers were critically wounded. In the ensuing car chase, the perpetrators threw fragmentation grenades at police vehicles causing major damage. Two of the assailants were eventually captured. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Armed Assault | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | 3 | Police | 23 | Police Patrol (including vehicles and convoys) | Oakland Police Department | Oakland Police Paddy Wagon | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Panthers | null | null | null | null | null | To kill police | 1 | null | null | 0 | -99 | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | Firearms | 2 | Automatic or Semi-Automatic Rifle | 6 | Explosives | 7 | Grenade | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Automatic weapons and fragmentation grenades | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Police vehicles heavily damaged | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The Black Panther Party denied involvement in the attack, however, one of the captured assailants, Lewis R. Williams, was a captain in the BPP. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "5 Killed by Tornado in Mississippi," Washington Post, April 20, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 2 | 0.75 |
197,004,190,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 19 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Washington | Seattle | 47.610786 | -122.331306 | 1 | 0 | Capital Hill Area | 4/19/1970: In a simultaneous bombing campaign, suspected White Racists detonated an explosive device at the Japanese Presbyterian Church in Seattle, Washington, United States. There were no casualties and the church sustained $2,000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 15 | Religious Figures/Institutions | 86 | Place of Worship | Church | Japanese Presbyterian Church | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | White extremists | null | null | null | null | null | To intimidate/show dissatisfaction with White sympathizers of the African American cause. | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | All four bombs went off in a span of 90 minutes. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 2,000 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was part of a multiple attack 197004190002, 197004190003, and 197004190004. Although leftists, rightists, Blacks, and Whites have been accused of being perpetrators of the bombings, the general consensus is that the attack was carried out by White Racists. This attack had a great psychological affect on the city of Seattle. The mayor enforced the notion that the citizens of the Emerald City were "frightened" and needed answers. | Earl Caldwell, "Fear Grows in Seattle as Police Urge F.B.I. Help on Bombings," New York Times, April 26, 1970. | "4 Buildings Bombed in Seattle," Washington Post, April 21, 1970. | Carole Beers, "David Sprague, Former Legislator Who Was Radical Thinker, Gadfly," Seattle Times, June 28, 1997. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004190001, 197004190002, 197004190003, 197004190004 | 0 | 0.914286 |
197,004,190,002 | 1,970 | 4 | 19 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Washington | Seattle | 47.610786 | -122.331306 | 1 | 0 | Capital Hill Area | 4/19/1970: In a simultaneous bombing campaign, suspected White Racists detonated an explosive device at Hard Castle Realty, a real estate office that employed African Americans in Seattle, Washington, United States. There were no casualties and the office sustained $4,000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | null | null | Realty office that employed African Americans | Hardcastle Realty | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | White extremists | null | null | null | null | null | To intimidate/show dissatisfaction with White sympathizers of the African American cause. | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | All four bombs went off in a span of 90 minutes. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 4,000 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was part of a multiple attack 197004190001, 197004190003, and 197004190004. Although leftists, rightists, Blacks, and Whites have been accused of being perpetrators of the bombings, the general consensus is that the attack was carried out by White Racists. This attack had a great psychological affect on the city of Seattle. The mayor enforced the notion that the citizens of the Emerald City were "frightened" and needed answers. There was an attempted bombing against the same realty office a month later (197005150004). | Earl Caldwell, "Fear Grows in Seattle as Police Urge F.B.I. Help on Bombings," New York Times, April 26, 1970. | "4 Buildings Bombed in Seattle," Washington Post, April 21, 1970. | Carole Beers, "David Sprague, Former Legislator Who Was Radical Thinker, Gadfly," Seattle Times, June 28, 1997. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004190001, 197004190002, 197004190003, 197004190004 | 0 | 0.914286 |
197,004,190,003 | 1,970 | 4 | 19 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Washington | Seattle | 47.610786 | -122.331306 | 1 | 0 | Capital Hill Area | 4/19/1970: In a simultaneous bombing campaign, suspected White Racists detonated an explosive device at a restaurant that was constructed by African Americans in Seattle, Washington, United States. There were no casualties and the restaurant sustained around $2,000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 2 | Restaurant/Bar/Café | Restaurant constructed by African Americans | Drive-in Hamburger Restaurant | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | White extremists | null | null | null | null | null | To intimidate/show dissatisfaction with White sympathizers of the African American cause. | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | All four bombs went off in a span of 90 minutes. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 2,000 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was part of a multiple attack with 197004190001, 197004190002, and 197004190004. Although leftists, rightists, Blacks, and Whites have been accused of being perpetrators of the bombings, the general consensus is that the attack was carried out by White Racists. This attack had a great psychological affect on the city of Seattle. The mayor enforced the notion that the citizens of the Emerald City were "frightened" and needed answers. | Earl Caldwell, "Fear Grows in Seattle as Police Urge F.B.I. Help on Bombings," New York Times, April 26, 1970. | "4 Buildings Bombed in Seattle," Washington Post, April 21, 1970. | Carole Beers, "David Sprague, Former Legislator Who Was Radical Thinker, Gadfly," Seattle Times, June 28, 1997. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004190001, 197004190002, 197004190003, 197004190004 | 0 | 0.914286 |
197,004,190,004 | 1,970 | 4 | 19 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Washington | Seattle | 47.610786 | -122.331306 | 1 | 0 | Capital Hill Area | 4/19/1970: In a simultaneous bombing campaign, suspected White Racists detonated an explosive device at the house of State Legislator David G. Sprague in Seattle, Washington, United States. There were no casualties and the house sustained $1,000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 15 | Politician or Political Party Movement/Meeting/Rally | White politician who represents a Black constituency | David G. Sprague | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | White extremists | null | null | null | null | null | To intimidate/show dissatisfaction with White sympathizers of the African American cause. | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | All four bombs went off in a span of 90 minutes. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 1,000 | The house was slightly damaged. 16 windows were shattered. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was part of a multiple attack with 197004190001, 197004190002, and 197004190003. Although leftists, rightists, Blacks, and Whites have been accused of being perpetrators of the bombing, the general consensus is that the attack was carried out by White Racists. This attack had a great psychological affect on the city of Seattle. The mayor enforced the notion that the citizens of the Emerald City were "frightened" and needed answers. Two months before this attack, the Seattle home of State Senator Fred Dore, a white legislator in a Black community, was also bombed (197002060002). | Earl Caldwell, "Fear Grows in Seattle as Police Urge F.B.I. Help on Bombings," New York Times, April 26, 1970. | "4 Buildings Bombed in Seattle," Washington Post, April 21, 1970. | Carole Beers, "David Sprague, Former Legislator Who Was Radical Thinker, Gadfly," Seattle Times, June 28, 1997. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004190001, 197004190002, 197004190003, 197004190004 | 0 | 0.914286 |
197,004,190,005 | 1,970 | 4 | 19 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.697132 | -73.931351 | 1 | 0 | Queens | 4/19/1970: Unknown perpetrators placed a pipe bomb in a corrections officer's car parked outside of the House of Detention in Queens, New York, United States, where ten Black Panthers members were held. The bomb failed to explode and was discovered after an unknown individual phoned the police stating "we're going to blow up the jail in a half hour. Free the Panther 21." | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 3 | Police | 23 | Police Patrol (including vehicles and convoys) | New York Police Department | Corrections Officer's Car | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | To coerce the government to free the Panther 21 from prison. | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 28 | Dynamite/TNT | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Lighted cigarette attached to bomb fuse | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The lighted cigarette burned out before detonating the bomb. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Bomb Found at Jail, Dynamite at a Bank," New York Times, April 20, 1970. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 3 | 0.836957 |
197,004,200,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 20 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Kansas | Lawrence | 38.954344 | -95.255796 | 1 | 0 | University of Kansas | 4/20/1970: Unknown perpetrators firebombed the Student Union at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, United States. There were no casualties but the building sustained approximately $3,000,000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | University of Kansas, Lawrence | Student Union | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | This attack occurred during heightened racial tensions in Lawrence Kansas. | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 18 | Arson/Fire | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Arson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Major (likely >= $1 million but < $1 billion) | 3,000,000 | The roof caved in and the top two floors of the buildings were gutted | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Authorities were unsure whether the perpetrators were Black or White. After the attack, a curfew was instituted in Lawrence and the National Guard was called in. Before the fire broke out, there were reports of loud explosions at the Student Union. | Rusty L. Monhollon, "This is America? The Sixties in Lawrence, Kansas," Palgrave, 2002. | Deborah C. Kidwell, "Building the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the University of Kansas," Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains, 2007. | "Curfew Ordered in Illinois Town," Baltimore Sun, April 25, 1970. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 3 | 0.810811 |
197,004,210,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 21 | null | 0 | null | 160 | Philippines | 5 | Southeast Asia | Unknown | Cauayan | null | null | 5 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 6 | Airports & Aircraft | 42 | Aircraft (not at an airport) | null | Philippines Airlines Aircraft | 160 | Philippines | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Unknown | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Explosive | null | null | null | null | 1 | 2 | Major (likely >= $1 million but < $1 billion) | 2,000,000 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 36 | 0.86671 |
197,004,210,002 | 1,970 | 4 | 21 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Los Angeles | 34.097866 | -118.407379 | 1 | 0 | Intersection of Wabash Ave. and Sentinel Ave. | 4/21/1970: Unknown perpetrators threw two Molotov Cocktails into a Bank of America branch in Los Angeles, California, United States. Another firebomb thrown into the facility did not explode. There were no casualties but the building sustained an estimated $30,000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 3 | Bank/Commerce | Bank of America | Boyle Heights branch of Bank of America in Los Angeles | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Bank of America was perceived to symbolize the "capitalist exploitation of the little man." | 0 | null | null | 0 | 3 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Three gasoline Molotov cocktails | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 30,000 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The incident took place around 2:30 AM. After the firebombs ignited, three people were witnessed fleeing the scene in a car. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Boyle Heights Bank Set Afire; Damage Estimated at $30,000," Los Angeles Times, April 22, 1970. | "Bank Bombed," Spokane Daily Chronicle, April 21, 1970. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,004,220,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 22 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Trona | 35.76625 | -117.370674 | 1 | 0 | null | 4/22/1970: Unknown perpetrators bombed a pipeline supplying brine to the American Potash Plant in Trona, California, United States. There were no casualties but the salt-water pipeline was destroyed and the fire hydrants of Trona were dry for around eight hours. At the time, the American Potash Plant of Trona was the scene of a major workers strike. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 5 | Industrial/Textiles/Factory | American Potash and Chemical Company | Salt-water pipeline | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Strikers | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Salt-water pipeline and fire hydrants of Trona California were put out of commission for approximately eight hours. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other attacks in Trona during the American Potash Plant strike include 197004050004, 197004050005, 197004140002, 197004220001, and 197005210001, | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 1 |
197,004,220,002 | 1,970 | 4 | 22 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Berkeley | 37.874043 | -122.280022 | 1 | 0 | University of California, Berkeley | 4/22/1970: In a series of related incidents, unknown perpetrators firebombed building T-9 at the University of California, Berkeley, United States. There were no casualties but the upper floor of the building sustained extensive damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | University of California, Berkeley | T-9 building | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Upper floor badly damaged | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197004220003. The building was an old, temporary, wooden structure. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004220002, 197004220003 | 0 | 0.810811 |
197,004,220,003 | 1,970 | 4 | 22 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Berkeley | 37.874043 | -122.280022 | 1 | 0 | University of California, Berkeley | 4/22/1970: In a series of related incidents, unknown perpetrators placed a firebomb in building T-7 at the University of California, Berkeley, United States. The bomb was discovered before it ignited. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | University of California, Berkeley | T-7 building | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 20 | Gasoline or Alcohol | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197004220002. The building was an old, temporary, wooden structure. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004220002, 197004220003 | 0 | 0.810811 |
197,004,220,004 | 1,970 | 4 | 22 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 43.064388 | -87.966202 | 1 | 0 | null | 4/22/1970: Unknown perpetrators firebombed the Schmidt Building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. There were no casualties but the facility was damaged. Federal government offices were located in the building. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 21 | Government Building/Facility/Office | Federal government offices | Schmidt Building | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Building damaged | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.810811 |
197,004,220,005 | 1,970 | 4 | 22 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Illinois | Champaign | 40.102408 | -88.227159 | 1 | 0 | University of Illinois | 4/22/1970: Two women failed in their attempts to ignite a gasoline bomb at the University of Illinois' Police Station in Urbana, United States. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 3 | Police | 22 | Police Building (headquarters, station, school) | University Police Station | University Police Station, Urbana Illinois | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | 0 | 2 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 20 | Gasoline or Alcohol | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Petrol bomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The failed attack occurred one week after demonstrations against the R.O.T.C. at the University of Illinois. | Patrick D. Kennedy, "Reactions Against the Vietnam War and Military-Related Targets on Campus: The University of Illinois as a Case Study, 1965-1972," Illinois Historical Journal, 1991. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.810811 |
197,004,220,006 | 1,970 | 4 | 22 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Redlands | 34.062685 | -117.163181 | 1 | 0 | Redlands University | 4/22/1970: Unknown perpetrators set off two firebombs at Redlands University in California, United States. A Molotov cocktail destroyed offices in the administrative building and a bottle filled with inflammable liquid caused minor damages to a bathroom in the Hall of Letters. There were no casualties but the total damage was estimated at $40,000. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | Redlands University | Administrative building and Hall of Letters, Redlands University | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Molotov cocktail and a soft drink bottle filled with an inflammable liquid lit by matches | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 40,000 | The offices of the dean of men, dean of women and vice president of students affairs were destroyed. Men's bathroom in Hall of Science sustained minor damages. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The president of the University of Redlands, Dr. George Armacost, did not believe that the attack was perpetrated by students at the university. | "Firebomb Suspected As Cause In Redlands University Fire," The Bulletin, April 22, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,004,230,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 23 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Puerto Rico | Aguada | 18.379626 | -67.188421 | 1 | 0 | Atop a mountain | 4/23/1970: In a series of four related incidents, the Armed Commandos of Liberation claimed credit for placing bombs that were discovered in a U.S. Naval Relay Power Station in Puerto Rico. Cumulatively, fifty-one out of fifty-three bombs failed to explode with the remaining two bombs causing minor damage. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 27 | Military Barracks/Base/Headquarters/Checkpost | U.S. Navy | U.S. Navy Relay Power Station | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Armed Commandos of Liberation | null | null | null | null | null | To cripple the telecommunications facilities of Puerto Rico | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 1 | 1 | Letter | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 14 | Time Fuse | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 51 bombs were found minutes before they were set to explode. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | In the four attacks, cumulatively, only two bombs exploded causing minor damage. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197004230002, 197004230003, and 197004230004. The overall goal of the bombings were to cripple Puerto Rican telecommunication facilities. No information could be found describing a specific breakdown of how many bombs were placed at each target. The Armed Commandos of Liberation claimed that the attacks caused more damage than what the media reported. Specifically, the ACL claimed that the police microwave communications were destroyed. This incident took place at the same time that the La Liga Socialista Puertorriquena led a strike against General Electric in Puerto Rico. | "51 Bombs Dismantled in Puerto Rico" Washington Post, April 24, 1970. | "San Juan Bombs Hit Police Radios" Washington Post, April 29, 1970. | "Toward People's War for Independence and Socialism in Puerto Rico: In Defense of Armed Struggle," Documents and Communiqués from the Revolutionary Public Independence Movement and the Armed Clandestine Movement, January 1987. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197004230001, 197004230002, 197004230003, 197004230004 | 0 | 0.615385 |
197,004,230,002 | 1,970 | 4 | 23 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Puerto Rico | Aguada | 18.379626 | -67.188421 | 1 | 0 | Atop a mountain | 4/23/1970: In a series of four related incidents, the Armed Commandos of Liberation claimed credit for placing bombs that were discovered in the offices of Motorola Inc. in Puerto Rico. Cumulatively, fifty-one out of fifty-three bombs failed to explode with the remaining two bombs causing minor damage. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 16 | Telecommunication | 90 | Telephone/Telegraph | Puerto Rican telecommunications facility | Motorola | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Armed Commandos of Liberation | null | null | null | null | null | To cripple the telecommunications facilities of Puerto Rico | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 1 | 1 | Letter | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 14 | Time Fuse | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 51 bombs were found minutes before they were set to explode. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | In the four attacks, cumulatively, only two bombs exploded causing minor damage. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197004230001, 197004230003, and 197004230004. The overall goal of the bombings were to cripple Puerto Rican telecommunication facilities. No information could be found describing a specific breakdown of how many bombs were placed at each target. The Armed Commandos of Liberation claimed that the attacks caused more damage than what the media reported. Specifically, the ACL claimed that the police microwave communications were destroyed. This incident took place at the same time that the La Liga Socialista Puertorriquena led a strike against General Electric in Puerto Rico. | "51 Bombs Dismantled in Puerto Rico" Washington Post, April 24, 1970. | "San Juan Bombs Hit Police Radios" Washington Post, April 29, 1970. | "Toward People's War for Independence and Socialism in Puerto Rico: In Defense of Armed Struggle," Documents and Communiqués from the Revolutionary Public Independence Movement and the Armed Clandestine Movement, January 1987. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197004230001, 197004230002, 197004230003, 197004230004 | 0 | 0.615385 |
197,004,230,003 | 1,970 | 4 | 23 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Puerto Rico | Aguada | 18.379626 | -67.188421 | 1 | 0 | Atop a mountain | 4/23/1970: In a series of four related incidents, the Armed Commandos of Liberation claimed credit for placing bombs that were discovered at the International Telephone and Telegraph building in Puerto Rico. Cumulatively, fifty-one out of fifty-three bombs failed to explode with the remaining two bombs causing minor damage. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 16 | Telecommunication | 90 | Telephone/Telegraph | Puerto Rican telecommunications facility | International Telephone and Telegraph | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Armed Commandos of Liberation | null | null | null | null | null | To cripple the telecommunications facilities of Puerto Rico | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 1 | 1 | Letter | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 14 | Time Fuse | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 51 bombs were found minutes before they were set to explode. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | In the four attacks, cumulatively, only two bombs exploded causing minor damage. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197004230002, 197004230001, and 197004230004. The overall goal of the bombings were to cripple Puerto Rican telecommunication facilities. No information could be found describing a specific breakdown of how many bombs were placed at each target. The Armed Commandos of Liberation claimed that the attacks caused more damage than what the media reported. Specifically, the ACL claimed that the police microwave communications were destroyed. This incident took place at the same time that the La Liga Socialista Puertorriquena led a strike against General Electric in Puerto Rico. | "51 Bombs Dismantled in Puerto Rico" Washington Post, April 24, 1970. | "San Juan Bombs Hit Police Radios" Washington Post, April 29, 1970. | "Toward People's War for Independence and Socialism in Puerto Rico: In Defense of Armed Struggle," Documents and Communiqués from the Revolutionary Public Independence Movement and the Armed Clandestine Movement, January 1987. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197004230001, 197004230002, 197004230003, 197004230004 | 0 | 0.615385 |
197,004,230,004 | 1,970 | 4 | 23 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Puerto Rico | Aguada | 18.379626 | -67.188421 | 1 | 0 | Atop a mountain | 4/23/1970: In a series of four related incidents, the Armed Commandos of Liberation claimed credit for placing bombs in a Puerto Rican police station. The perpetrators were targeting communication devices. Cumulatively, fifty-one out of fifty-three bombs failed to explode with the remaining two bombs causing minor damage. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 3 | Police | 22 | Police Building (headquarters, station, school) | Puerto Rican Police Station | Police telecommunication devices | 163 | Puerto Rico | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Armed Commandos of Liberation | null | null | null | null | null | To cripple the telecommunications facilities of Puerto Rico | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 1 | 1 | Letter | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 14 | Time Fuse | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 51 bombs were found minutes before they were set to explode. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | In the four attacks, cumulatively, only two bombs exploded causing minor damage. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197004230002, 197004230003, and 197004230001. The overall goal of the bombings were to cripple Puerto Rican telecommunication facilities. No information could be found describing a specific breakdown of how many bombs were placed at each target. The Armed Commandos of Liberation claimed that the attacks caused more damage than what the media reported. Specifically, the ACL claimed that the police microwave communications were destroyed. This incident took place at the same time that the La Liga Socialista Puertorriquena led a strike against General Electric in Puerto Rico. | "51 Bombs Dismantled in Puerto Rico" Washington Post, April 24, 1970. | "San Juan Bombs Hit Police Radios" Washington Post, April 29, 1970. | "Toward People's War for Independence and Socialism in Puerto Rico: In Defense of Armed Struggle," Documents and Communiqués from the Revolutionary Public Independence Movement and the Armed Clandestine Movement, January 1987. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197004230001, 197004230002, 197004230003, 197004230004 | 0 | 0.615385 |
197,004,240,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 24 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Palo Alto | 37.424305 | -122.143913 | 1 | 0 | Stanford University | 4/24/1970: Unknown perpetrators threw firebombs into two separate wings of the Center for Advanced Studies of Behavioral Sciences Building at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, United States. There were no casualties but there was an estimated $100,000 in damages not including lost research. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | Stanford University | Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the presence of the R.O.T.C. at Stanford University. | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Two firebombs thrown through windows in separate parts of the building | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 100,000 | Damages to two separate wings of the building. The research of ten scholars was destroyed. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The attack occurred three hours after a sit-in at Stanford University protesting the R.O.T.C.. World renowned scholar M. N. Srinivas lost his lifework on the Indian caste system as a result of the fire. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Fire After Stanford Sit-in Destroys 10 Scholars' Work," Washington Post, April 25, 1970. | Marcia McKnight Trick, "Chronology of Incidents of Terroristic, Quasi-Terroristic, and Political Violence in the United States: January 1965 to March 1976," National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals: Report of the Task Force on Disorders and Terrorism, 1976. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.810811 |
197,004,240,002 | 1,970 | 4 | 24 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Maryland | Baltimore | 39.308342 | -76.616104 | 1 | 0 | West Baltimore | 4/24/1970: Three members of the Black Panthers Party opened fire on a police vehicle parked in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Patrolman Donald Sager was killed and police officer Stanley Sierakowski was critically wounded but survived. The perpetrators were under orders from the Black Panthers to kill police. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Armed Assault | null | null | null | null | 3 | Police | 25 | Police Security Forces/Officers | Baltimore Police Department | Baltimore Police Officers | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Panthers | null | null | null | null | null | To kill police | 0 | null | null | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | Firearms | 3 | Handgun | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol and .38 caliber pistol | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The killings were part of a Black Panthers initiation ritual. All three perpetrators were convicted and received life sentences. | George J. Hiltner, "City Panther is Convicted of Murder," Washington Post, January 16, 1970. | Laurie Willis, "Judge Affirms 1972 Life Term," Baltimore Sun, December 5, 1972. | George J. Hiltner, "Panther Gets Life, 15 Years in Police Killings," Washington Post, June 17, 1972. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 2 | 0.75 |
197,004,240,003 | 1,970 | 4 | 24 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.697132 | -73.931351 | 1 | 0 | Manhattan | 4/24/1970: Unknown perpetrators bombed the Army and Air Force Recruiting Office located in an office building in Manhattan, New York, United States. There were no casualties but the building sustained extensive damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 28 | Military Recruiting Station/Academy | Army and Air Force Recruiting Office | Army and Air Force Recruiting Office, Harlem New York | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the Vietnam War and US military | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 31 | Pipe Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Homemade pipe bomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Almost the entire rear of the facility was destroyed Walls, furniture, and windows were damaged. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Police believed that the same perpetrators also carried out 197004290001. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Robert D. McFadden, "Recruiting Office Damaged By Bomb," New York Times, April 25, 1970. | "Homemade Bomb Is Found Near Harlem Police Station," New York Times, April 30, 1970. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,004,240,004 | 1,970 | 4 | 24 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.697132 | -73.931351 | 1 | 0 | Manhattan | 4/24/1970: Republic of China's Vice Premier, Chiang Ching-kuo was visiting the United States for a meeting of the Far East-America Council of Commerce and Industry. While entering Manhattan's Plaza Hotel for a luncheon, an Asian man ran towards Chiang, pointing a black automated pistol. New York Detective James Ziede, acting as Chiang's security, grabbed the assailant's arm before he shot, deflecting the bullet aimed at Chiang towards the glass door and Chiang remained unharmed. Peter Huang Wen-hsiung, a Taiwan-born Chinese, and his brother-in-law, Cheng Tzu-tsai, were the named assailants. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Assassination | null | null | null | null | 7 | Government (Diplomatic) | 45 | Diplomatic Personnel (outside of embassy, consulate) | Vice Premier of the Republic of China | Chiang Ching-kuo | 44 | China | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The World United Formosans for Independence (WUFI) | null | null | null | null | null | Peter Huang Wen-hsiung Taiwan, a member of WUFI, a pro-independence group, was opposed to the political views of the KMT, Chiang's party, who favored the re-unification of Taiwan with mainland China. | 0 | null | null | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Personal claim | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | Firearms | 3 | Handgun | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black automated pistol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | The deflected bullet hit the Plaza Hotel's revolving glass door. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Huang and Cheng Tzu-tsai were arrested but jumped bail and fled the United States. | Taiwan: A Shot at Chiang. Time Magazine, May 4, 1970. | Failed Assassin Vows to Pursue Independence for Taiwan. Agence France Presse, May 6, 1996, International News Section. | Bodeen, Christopher. Would Be Assassin Resurfaces in a Changed Taiwan. Cornell University Press, May 6, 1996, International News Section. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 0 | 0 |
197,004,250,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 25 | null | 0 | null | 209 | Turkey | 10 | Middle East & North Africa | Istanbul | Istanbul | 41.106178 | 28.689863 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 6 | Airports & Aircraft | 43 | Airline Officer/Personnel | null | EL AL Office | 97 | Israel | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Palestinians | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Explosive | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | null | 0 | 0.802667 |
197,004,250,003 | 1,970 | 4 | 25 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 40.008171 | -75.13549 | 1 | 0 | null | 4/25/1970: Doughtry Long, a former associate dean of students at the University of Pennsylvania, was arrested for throwing two Molotov cocktails into the Office of Community Relations in the College Hall building at the Philadelphia, United States campus. There were no casualties and it is unknown whether the building sustained damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | University of Pennsylvania | Office of Community Relations, College Hall | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the University of Pennsylvania's policies towards minorities | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Molotov Cocktails | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 4 | Unknown | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Doughtry Long resigned from the University of Pennsylvania two weeks earlier over a dispute involving the distribution of funds to African American students. John Hardwick was question by the police about the attack, but never charged. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Ex-College Aide Is Charged In Series Of Fires," Baltimore Sun, April 27, 1970. | "Ex-Aide to Dean Accused of Setting Penn Campus Fires," New York Times, April 27, 1970. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,004,250,004 | 1,970 | 4 | 25 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Michigan | East Lansing | 42.7375 | -84.483779 | 1 | 0 | null | 4/25/1970: In a series of related incidents, unknown perpetrators bombed the East Lansing State Bank in East Lansing, Michigan United States. There were no casualties but the building sustained minor damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 3 | Bank/Commerce | East Lansing Bank | East Lansing State Bank | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Explosive taped to window | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 333 | Softball sized hole in window | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197004250005 and 197004250006. The combined damages in three attacks was estimated to be $1,000. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "2 Oil Slicks Spotted Off Louisiana Coast," Washington Post, April 26. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004250004, 197004250005, 197004250006 | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,004,250,005 | 1,970 | 4 | 25 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Michigan | East Lansing | 42.7375 | -84.483779 | 1 | 0 | null | 4/25/1970: In a series of related incidents, unknown perpetrators bombed the First National Bank in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. There were no casualties but the building sustained minor damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 3 | Bank/Commerce | East Lansing Bank | First National Bank, East Lansing | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Explosive taped to window | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 333 | Shattered glass front door | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197004250004 and 197004250006. The combined damages in three attacks was estimated to be $1,000. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "2 Oil Slicks Spotted Off Louisiana Coast," Washington Post, April 26. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004250004, 197004250005, 197004250006 | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,004,250,006 | 1,970 | 4 | 25 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Michigan | East Lansing | 42.7375 | -84.483779 | 1 | 0 | null | 4/25/1970: In a series of related incidents, unknown perpetrators bombed the East Lansing Savings & Loan in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. There were no casualties but the building sustained minor damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 3 | Bank/Commerce | East Lansing Bank | East Lansing Savings & Loan | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Explosive taped to window | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 333 | Softball sized hole in window | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197004250004 and 197004250005. The combined damages in three attacks was estimated to be $1,000. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "2 Oil Slicks Spotted Off Louisiana Coast," Washington Post, April 26. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004250004, 197004250005, 197004250006 | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,004,260,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 26 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Louisiana | Baton Rouge | 30.443335 | -91.186994 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 21 | Government Building/Facility/Office | null | State Capitol | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | 0 | -99 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Explosive | null | null | null | null | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 100,000 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004260001, 197004260002 | 0 | 0.836957 |
197,004,260,002 | 1,970 | 4 | 26 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Louisiana | Baton Rouge | 30.443335 | -91.186994 | 1 | 1 | Outskirts of city | 4/26/1970: In a series of two incidents that were possibly related, suspected Black nationalists bombed a water cooling tower adjacent to the Baton Rouge Country Club in Louisiana, United States moments before the Louisiana State Capital Building was bombed. There were no casualties but the tower was destroyed and the country club sustained slight damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 9 | Food or Water Supply | 52 | Water Supply | Baton Rouge Country Club | null | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 28 | Dynamite/TNT | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Country club building sustained slight damages and water cooling tower was demolished | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This incident might be part of a multiple attack with 197004260001. The bomb went off ten minutes before the attack on the state capital building. Authorities were unsure whether the bomb consisted of dynamite, as was the case in 197004260001. The motive of the state capital bombing was to seek revenge for the killing of three African Americans by Louisiana policemen. There was also an attempted bombing of the country club four days later (197004300001). | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "1 of 2 Baton Rouge Explosions Rips Capitol's Senate Chamber," New York Times, April 27, 1970. | "Note Calls La. Capitol Blast 'Revenge,'" Washington Post, April 28, 1970. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 197004260001, 197004260002 | 0 | 0.836957 |
197,004,260,003 | 1,970 | 4 | 26 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Minnesota | Robbinsdale | 45.031807 | -93.336547 | 1 | 0 | Outside of front door | 4/26/1970: Unknown perpetrators bombed the Selective Service Office, Local Board Number 51 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, United States. There were no casualties and it is unclear whether the building was damaged. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 21 | Government Building/Facility/Office | Selective Service | Robbinsdale Selective Service Office, Local Board Number 51 | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | To sabotage the draft | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 4 | Unknown | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,004,270,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 27 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Iowa | Iowa City | 41.657825 | -91.526534 | 1 | 0 | Metal trash container | 4/27/1970: Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb on a street in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. There was two injuries and twelve businesses were damaged at a total estimated cost of $20,000. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | null | null | Iowa City Businesses | null | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Explosives | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 20,000 | Twelve businesses damaged | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The bombing occurred one block away from the University of Iowa. Kathy Scharf and her mother Merlin Edwards were lightly wounded in the attack. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Bill Lynch, "Note Calls La. Capitol Blast 'Revenge,'" Washington Post, April 28, 1970. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 2 | 0.836957 |
197,004,270,002 | 1,970 | 4 | 27 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Connecticut | New Haven | 41.312065 | -72.928288 | 1 | 0 | Yale Law School | 4/27/1970: Unknown perpetrators set a fire in the basement of the Yale Law School Library in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. There were no casualties but around five hundred books were destroyed and the library sustained structural damage. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | Yale Law School | Yale Law School Library | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the refusal of Yale Law School to cancel classes on May Day. | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 18 | Arson/Fire | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 2,500 | Five hundred books destroyed and the building sustained considerable damage | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The attack occurred four days before a planned rally in support of the Black Panthers at Yale Law School. In response to the fire, it is widely assumed that Yale students began to turn against the radical policies of the protesters. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Fire Hits Yale Law Library," Washington Post, April 28, 1970. | Williamjames Hull Hoffer, "Dark Ages?" American History, 2006. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.810811 |
197,004,270,003 | 1,970 | 4 | 27 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Illinois | Evanston | 42.056459 | -87.675267 | 1 | 0 | Northwestern University | 4/27/1970: Unknown perpetrators set fire to the department of linguistics building at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States. There were no casualties but the fire caused an estimated $15,000 in damage. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | Northwestern University | Department of Linguistics Building | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | Protest military research conducted at Northwestern University. | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 18 | Arson/Fire | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 15,000 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The perpetrators wrongly suspected that military research was conducted in the linguistics building at the time. | Jay Pridmore, "Northwestern University: Celebrating 150 Years," Northwestern University Press, 2000. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | "Guerrilla Acts of Sabotage and Terrorism in the United States 1965-1970," Scanlan's Magazine, January 1971. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.810811 |
197,004,270,004 | 1,970 | 4 | 27 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Fullerton | 33.882923 | -117.929104 | 1 | 0 | California State University, Fullerton | 4/27/1970: Unknown perpetrators placed seven sticks of dynamite in the science building at California State University, Fullerton, United States. The dynamite was discovered and subsequently removed. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | California State University, Fullerton | Science Building at California State University, Fullerton | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 28 | Dynamite/TNT | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Seven sticks of dynamite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.810811 |
197,004,270,005 | 1,970 | 4 | 27 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Iowa | Ames | 42.025345 | -93.620199 | 1 | 0 | null | 4/27/1970: Unknown perpetrators placed an incendiary device in the garage of Judge John McKinney in Ames, Iowa, United States. The device was discovered and subsequently disarmed. Judge John McKinney resided over multiple cases against Anti-War protesters. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 14 | Private Citizens & Property | 68 | Named Civilian | null | Judge John McKinney | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the establishment in Ames Iowa. | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 20 | Gasoline or Alcohol | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Incendiary device | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,004,270,006 | 1,970 | 4 | 27 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Missouri | St. Charles | 38.788097 | -90.497479 | 1 | 0 | null | 4/27/1970: Unknown perpetrators bombed the car of the chairman of a group supporting pro-environmental legislation in St. Charles, Missouri, United States. There were no casualties but the car was slightly damaged. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 14 | Private Citizens & Property | 77 | Laborer (General)/Occupation Identified | Chairman of group proposing pro-environmental legislation | null | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Unknown | null | null | null | null | null | Protest "river-saving" legislation in St. Charles Missouri. | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 28 | Dynamite/TNT | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Dynamite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Car slightly damaged | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.86671 |
197,004,280,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 28 | null | 0 | null | 362 | West Germany (FRG) | 8 | Western Europe | Berlin | West Berlin | 52.50153 | 13.401851 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 3 | Bank/Commerce | null | Bank | 75 | Germany | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Extraparliamentary Opposition (APO) | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Molotov cocktails | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | null | 0 | 1 |
197,004,280,002 | 1,970 | 4 | 28 | null | 0 | null | 499 | East Germany (GDR) | 9 | Eastern Europe | Berlin | Berlin | 52.50153 | 13.401851 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | -9 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 14 | Judge/Attorney/Court | null | Court Bldg | 75 | Germany | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Unknown | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Incendiary | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | -9 | -9 | 1 | 1 | null | null | 0.86671 |
197,004,290,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 29 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.697132 | -73.931351 | 1 | 0 | Manhattan | 4/30/1970: Unknown perpetrators placed a pipe bomb near a police station in Manhattan, New York, United States. The bomb was discovered and subsequently removed. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 3 | Police | 22 | Police Building (headquarters, station, school) | New York Police Department | West 123d Street Police Station in Harlem | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 31 | Pipe Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Eighteen inch pipe bomb with one inch diameter, both ends filled with low order powder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Police believed that the same perpetrators also carried out 197004240003. The pipe bomb was discovered in a brown canvas bag, fifty feet away from the police station. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Homemade Bomb Is Found Near Harlem Police Station," New York Times, April 30, 1970. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.836957 |
197,004,300,001 | 1,970 | 4 | 30 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Louisiana | Baton Rouge | 30.443335 | -91.186994 | 1 | 1 | Outskirts of city | 4/29/1970: Unknown perpetrators placed fourteen sticks of dynamite and a timing device outside of the Baton Rouge Country Club in Louisiana, United States. The device was discovered and subsequently disarmed by an Army demolition team. Four days before this incident, it is suspected that Black nationalists bombed the same country club. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 11 | Entertainment/Cultural/Stadium/Casino | Baton Rouge Country Club | null | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 28 | Dynamite/TNT | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Fourteen sticks of dynamite connected to a tiny clock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Four days before the incident a bomb was detonated at the Baton Rouge Country Club (197004260002). | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.836957 |
197,005,000,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 0 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Massachusetts | Boston | 42.290156 | -71.04897 | 1 | 0 | Dorchester | 5/0/1970: Unknown perpetrators set a fire at St. Ann's Church in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. There were no casualties but the building was damaged. This is believed to be part of a campaign to scare Whites out of the Dorchester area. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 15 | Religious Figures/Institutions | 86 | Place of Worship | Catholic Church in the Dorchester area of Boston | St. Anne's Church | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | To scare White Catholic residents of the Dorchester out of the area | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 18 | Arson/Fire | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Church damaged | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Arsonists set a fire at St. Ann's Church around two months later (197007000002). Two synagogues in Dorchester sustained three arson attacks during this same time period (197005060007, 197005270002, and 197005270003). | Gerald H. Gamm, "Urban Exodus: Why the Jews Left Boston and the Catholics Stayed," Harvard University Press, 1999. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.836957 |
197,005,000,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 0 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Puerto Rico | Rio Piedras | 18.386932 | -66.061127 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/0/1970: Suspected Puerto Rican nationalists bombed a Burger King in Rio Piedras ,Puerto Rico. The restaurant was damaged and one person was seriously injured by the explosion. The Burger King was located across the street from the University of Puerto Rico, the site of many student demonstrations. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 2 | Restaurant/Bar/Café | Burger King | Burger King across the street from the University of Puerto Rico | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Puerto Rican Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Bomb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate, "Terroristic Activity: The Cuban Connection in Puerto Rico; Castro's Hand in Puerto Rican and U.S. Terrorism," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Toward People's War for Independence and Socialism in Puerto Rico: In Defense of Armed Struggle," Documents and Communiqués from the Revolutionary Public Independence Movement and the Armed Clandestine Movement, January 1987. | null | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 1 | 0.653846 |
197,005,010,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 1 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.697132 | -73.931351 | 1 | 0 | Manhattan | 5/1/1970: Four unknown perpetrators firebombed a joint armed services recruiting booth in Manhattan, New York, United States. There were no casualties, but the recruiting booth sustained heavy damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 28 | Military Recruiting Station/Academy | Joint Armed Services Recruiting Booth | Joint Armed Services Recruiting Booth at 600 West 168th Street | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the draft and Vietnam War | 0 | null | null | 0 | 4 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebomb that consisted of glass containers thrown into recruiting booth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Recruiting booth sustained heavy damage | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The perpetrators were described as youths in hippie attire. This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following President Nixon's announcement of troop movement into Cambodia. | "Two Students Held In Campus Bombing," New York Times, May 2, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,010,003 | 1,970 | 5 | 1 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Indiana | Greencastle | 39.640397 | -86.861622 | 1 | 0 | DePauw University | 5/1/1970: Unknown perpetrators placed a bomb on the DePauw University campus in Greencastle, Indiana, United States. The resulting fire damaged the R.O.T.C. office and university library. There were no casualties. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 28 | Military Recruiting Station/Academy | R.O.T.C. | R.O.T.C. Office, DePauw University | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the R.O.T.C. program | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Explosion causing a fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | R.O.T.C. building and library damaged by fire | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following President Nixon's announcement of troop movement into Cambodia. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.810811 |
197,005,010,004 | 1,970 | 5 | 1 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Connecticut | New Haven | 41.316324 | -72.922343 | 1 | 0 | Yale University | 5/1/1970: Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb at the Ingalls Skating Rink at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. There were two injuries and the entrance of the building was damaged. The attack took place during a school dance after a large demonstration protesting the trial of the Black Panther Eight. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | Yale University | Ingalls Skating Rink | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 17 | Other Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black power used for explosive | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Staircase near entrance was damaged and twenty large windows were shattered. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The police commissioner was unsure whether the perpetrators of the attack were for or against the Black Panther Eight. Two people were slightly injured by flying glass. Twelve thousand people attended the demonstration. | Homar Bigart, "New Haven Rally Ends a Day Early; Attendance Down," New York Times, May 3, 1970. | "First Day Ends in Melee," Hartford Courant, May 2, 1970. | Frank Donner, "Protectors of Privilege: Red Squads and Police Repression in Urban America," University of California Press, 1990. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 2 | 0.810811 |
197,005,010,005 | 1,970 | 5 | 1 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.697132 | -73.931351 | 1 | 0 | The Bronx | 5/1/1970: In a series of related incidents, suspected Puerto Rican nationalists detonated two bombs at the Dale Theatre in the Bronx, New York, United States. Ten people were injured in the attack and the theater sustained light damages. A third bomb that did not detonate was eventually discovered. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 11 | Entertainment/Cultural/Stadium/Casino | Bronx Theater | Dale Theater | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Armed Revolutionary Independence Movement (MIRA) | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 17 | Other Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Three concussion bombs | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Theater sustained minor damages | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197005010006. Authorities believed that Armed Revolutionary Independence Movement (MIRA) member Carlos Feliciano was involved in the incident, but he was never charged. (See: "Charge Puerto Rican in Bombings," Chicago Defender, May 19, 1970.) | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Paul L. Montgomery, "Bronx Bombings Scored By Mayor," New York Times, May 3, 1970. | "Small Bombs Injure 17 in N.Y. Theaters," Washington Post, May 2, 1970. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 197005010005, 197005010006 | 10 | 0.933333 |
197,005,010,006 | 1,970 | 5 | 1 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.697132 | -73.931351 | 1 | 0 | The Bronx | 5/1/1970: In a series of related incidents, Puerto Rican nationalists detonated one bomb at the Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, New York, United States. One person was injured in the attack and the theater sustained light damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 11 | Entertainment/Cultural/Stadium/Casino | Bronx Theater | Paradise Theater | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Armed Revolutionary Independence Movement (MIRA) | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 17 | Other Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | One concussion bomb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Theater sustained minor damages | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Part of a multiple attack with 197005010005. The attacks took place just minutes apart. Authorities believed that Armed Revolutionary Independence Movement (MIRA) member Carlos Feliciano was involved in the incident, but he was never charged. (See: "Charge Puerto Rican in Bombings," Chicago Defender, May 19, 1970.) | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Paul L. Montgomery, "Bronx Bombings Scored By Mayor," New York Times, May 3, 1970. | "Small Bombs Injure 17 in N.Y. Theaters," Washington Post, May 2, 1970. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 197005010005, 197005010006 | 1 | 0.933333 |
197,005,010,007 | 1,970 | 5 | 1 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Illinois | Champaign | 40.1142 | -88.243499 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/1/1970: An organization calling itself Revolutionary Force 26 firebombed the Lincoln Square Mall in Champaign, Illinois, United States. There were no casualties and the mall sustained only light damage. The incident occurred after the shooting of Edgar Hoults, an African American, by a Champaign Police Officer. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 7 | Retail/Grocery/Bakery | Champaign business | Lincoln Square Mall | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Revolutionary Force 26 | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the treatment of African Americans in Champaign Illinois | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 1 | 9 | Other | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | A group calling itself the Revolutionary Force 26 indicated that they were the perpetrators behind the attacks in an editorial in the Daily Illini. There were many protests and riots by the African American community of Champaign, after the shooting of Edgar Hoults. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Violence Continues in Illinois Cities," Washington Post, May 2, 1970. | Kerry L. Pimblott, "The Struggle For Racial Equity In The Champaign County Criminal Justice System," Champaign Independent Media Center, February 2008. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 0 | 1 |
197,005,010,008 | 1,970 | 5 | 1 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Illinois | Champaign | 40.1142 | -88.243499 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/1/1970: An organization calling itself Revolutionary Force 26 firebombed the Jos. Kuhn Company in Champaign, Illinois, United States. There were no casualties and the clothing store sustained only light damage. The incident occurred after the shooting of Edgar Hoults, an African American, by a Champaign Police Officer. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 7 | Retail/Grocery/Bakery | Champaign business | Jos. Kuhn Company | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Revolutionary Force 26 | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the treatment of African Americans in Champaign Illinois | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 1 | 9 | Other | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | A group calling itself the Revolutionary Force 26 indicated that they were the perpetrators behind the attacks in an editorial in the Daily Illini. There were many protests and riots by the African American community of Champaign, after the shooting of Edgar Hoults. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Violence Continues in Illinois Cities," Washington Post, May 2, 1970. | Kerry L. Pimblott, "The Struggle For Racial Equity In The Champaign County Criminal Justice System," Champaign Independent Media Center, February 2008. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 0 | 1 |
197,005,040,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 4 | null | 0 | null | 158 | Paraguay | 3 | South America | Asuncion | Asuncion | -25.282773 | -57.63561 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Assassination | null | null | null | null | 7 | Government (Diplomatic) | 45 | Diplomatic Personnel (outside of embassy, consulate) | Israeli Govt | Wife, 1st sec. Israli Emb + an employee (wounded) | 97 | Israel | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Palestinians | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | Firearms | 2 | Automatic or Semi-Automatic Rifle | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Automatic firearm | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | null | 2 | 0.802667 |
197,005,040,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 4 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Maryland | Jennings | 39.645039 | -79.183128 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/4/1970: Unknown perpetrators firebombed a barbershop owned by a non-union member in Jennings, Maryland, United States. There were no casualties but the shop was damaged. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 15 | Politician or Political Party Movement/Meeting/Rally | null | Barbershop whose owner was not a union member in Jennings, Maryland | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Strikers | null | null | null | null | null | Protest barbershop owners who were not part of the union | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | There was a previous fire at the barbershop in 1969. The barbershop had been picketed by the local barber's union. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 1 |
197,005,040,003 | 1,970 | 5 | 4 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | North Carolina | Chapel Hill | 35.904912 | -79.046913 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/4/1970: Unknown perpetrators detonated a plastic explosive at the R.O.T.C. office at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States. There were no casualties and it unknown whether the office sustained any damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 28 | Military Recruiting Station/Academy | R.O.T.C. | R.O.T.C. Office, University of North Carolina | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the R.O.T.C. program | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 17 | Other Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Plastic explosive | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 4 | Unknown | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following President Nixon's announcement of troop movement into Cambodia. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Behind The Drive To Destroy the R.O.T.C.," U.S. News & World Report, 6/29/1970. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.810811 |
197,005,040,004 | 1,970 | 5 | 4 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Oklahoma | Norman | 35.22076 | -97.446599 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/4/1970: Unknown perpetrators tossed bricks into the window of the Selective Service office in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. The building was subsequently firebombed. There were no casualties but it the building was damaged. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 21 | Government Building/Facility/Office | Selective Service | Selective Service office, Norman Oklahoma | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the draft | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Bricks thrown at window and then firebombed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following President Nixon's announcement of troop movement into Cambodia. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,040,005 | 1,970 | 5 | 4 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Missouri | Maryville | 40.347457 | -94.872909 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/4/1970: Unknown perpetrators threw two Molotov cocktails into the motor vehicle compound of the Missouri National Guard in Maryville, Missouri, United States. There were no casualties and it is unknown whether the compound sustained damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 35 | Military Transportation/Vehicle (excluding convoys) | Missouri National Guard | Vehicle compound of Missouri National Guard | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the National Guard and the US military | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Two Molotov cocktails | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 4 | Unknown | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following President Nixon's announcement of troop movement into Cambodia. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,050,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 5 | null | 0 | null | 499 | East Germany (GDR) | 9 | Eastern Europe | Berlin | Berlin | 52.50153 | 13.401851 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 7 | Government (Diplomatic) | 46 | Embassy/Consulate | null | American-Haus | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Extraparliamentary Opposition (APO) | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Incendiary | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 0 | 1 |
197,005,050,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 5 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Idaho | Lewiston | 46.404973 | -117.009341 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/5/1970: Joe Schock, an ex-Marine who served in Vietnam, threw a gasoline firebomb into the National Guard Armory in Lewiston, Idaho, United States. There were no casualties but twenty-nine military vehicles were destroyed, causing an estimated loss of $250,000. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 27 | Military Barracks/Base/Headquarters/Checkpost | National Guard | National Guard Armory, Lewiston Idaho | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the Vietnam War and the National Guard | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Gasoline firebomb tossed over fence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 250,000 | Twenty-nine military jeeps and trucks destroyed | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Joe Schock was captured, but skipped on his bail and escaped to Canada. This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Army's Rules Tightly Restrict 'Deadly Force' in Riot Situations," New York Times, May 6, 1970. | Jim Kershner, "Carl Maxey: A Fighting Life," University of Washington Press, 2008. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,050,004 | 1,970 | 5 | 5 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Florida | Coral Gables | 25.720851 | -80.277857 | 1 | 0 | University of Miami | 5/5/1970: Members of the Black Afro Militant Movement (BAMM) bombed the Computer Center at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. There were no casualties and it is unknown if the building sustained damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | University of Miami | Computer Center, University of Miami | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Afro Militant Movement | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Small explosive device | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 4 | Unknown | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The Black Afro Militant Movement committed two other attacks in the Miami area during the same month 197005130004 and 197005200003) | "Final Report to the Grand Jury: B.A.M.M.," Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Dade County, November 9, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | "Princeton Ends School For Year," Baltimore Sun, May 6, 1970. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 0 | 1 |
197,005,050,005 | 1,970 | 5 | 5 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Florida | Orlando | 28.538235 | -81.377389 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/5/1970: Unknown perpetrators tossed a firebomb through the window of a Federal Office Building in Orlando, Florida, United States. There were no casualties but an office in the Social Security Department was heavily damaged. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 21 | Government Building/Facility/Office | Federal Office Building | Social Security Department, Veterans Administration and Selective Service offices of Orlando Florida. | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the United States government | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebomb tossed through a window | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Office heavily damaged | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | In addition to the Social Security Department, the Federal Office Building also housed the Veterans Administration and Selective Service offices. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "U.S. Office is Bombed," New York Times, May 6, 1970. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,050,006 | 1,970 | 5 | 5 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.697132 | -73.931351 | 1 | 0 | Brooklyn | 5/5/1970: Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb at the Sears, Roebuck & Company Department Store in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Two women were injured in the blast and it is unknown if the store was damaged. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 7 | Retail/Grocery/Bakery | Sears, Roebuck & Company | Sears, Roebuck & Company, Brooklyn New York | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Unknown | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Bomb believed to be hidden in a hand bag | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -9 | 4 | Unknown | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The explosion did not create a fire. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "2 Injured By Bomb In Brooklyn Store," New York Times, May 5, 1970. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 2 | 0.86671 |
197,005,060,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 6 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Oakland | 37.791927 | -122.225906 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/6/1970: Unknown perpetrators firebombed the Selective Service Office in Oakland, California, United States. There were no casualties but the building sustained $200 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 21 | Government Building/Facility/Office | Selective Service | Selective Service office in Oakland California | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest and sabotage the draft | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 200 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,060,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 6 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Washington | Longview | 46.143582 | -122.925645 | 1 | 0 | Inside of a fence at rear of facility | 5/6/1970: Unknown perpetrators detonated two bombs, probably consisting of dynamite, at the Longview National Guard Armory in Longview, Washington, United States. There were no casualties and it is unknown whether the explosion caused any damage. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 27 | Military Barracks/Base/Headquarters/Checkpost | National Guard Armory | Longview National Guard Armory | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the National Guard and the US military | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 28 | Dynamite/TNT | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Two explosive charges suspected of being dynamite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 4 | Unknown | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,060,003 | 1,970 | 5 | 6 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Pennsylvania | Reading | 40.336585 | -75.927843 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/6/1970: Unknown perpetrators set off an incendiary device at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. There were no casualties and it is unknown whether the resulting fire caused any damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 27 | Military Barracks/Base/Headquarters/Checkpost | U.S. Army Reserve Center | U.S. Army Reserve Center, Reading Pennsylvania | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the National Guard and the US military | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 20 | Gasoline or Alcohol | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Incendiary device | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 4 | Unknown | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,060,004 | 1,970 | 5 | 6 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Oregon | Portland | 45.511795 | -122.675629 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/6/1970: Unknown perpetrators set off a firebomb at a Federal Government Building in Portland, Oregon, United States. There were no casualties but the building sustained an estimated $1000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 21 | Government Building/Facility/Office | Federal Government Building | Federal Government Building, Portland Oregon | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the policies of the US government | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 1,000 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against government targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,060,005 | 1,970 | 5 | 6 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | San Pedro | 33.73787 | -118.284664 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/6/1970: Two White males were arrested while they were attempting to firebomb vehicles at the San Pedro National Guard Armory in San Pedro, California, United States. No firebombs were succesfully ignited. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 27 | Military Barracks/Base/Headquarters/Checkpost | National Guard Armory | San Pedro National Guard Armory | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the National Guard and the US military | 0 | null | null | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebombs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,060,006 | 1,970 | 5 | 6 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Oregon | Portland | 45.511795 | -122.675629 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/6/1970: Unknown perpetrators threw a firebomb through the glass door of Oregon's Selective Service Headquarters in Portland, United States. There were no casualties but the entryway and ceiling were damaged. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 21 | Government Building/Facility/Office | Selective Service | Selective Service Headquarters, Portland Oregon | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest and sabotage the draft | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebomb consisting of a bottle that was presumably filled with gasoline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Entryway and ceiling damaged | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | In a sixth month period, the Oregon Selective Service Headquarters was firebombed three other times (197002010001, 197006030001, and 197008100001). | "Draft Office Bombed 4th Time," Washington Post, August 11, 1970. | "Draft Office Damaged," Eugene Register-Guard, May 6, 1970. | "Bomb Attack Fizzles," Eugene Register-Guard, May 7, 1970. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,060,007 | 1,970 | 5 | 6 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Massachusetts | Boston | 42.301631 | -71.067605 | 1 | 0 | Dorchester | 5/6/1970: Unknown perpetrators set fire to a sacred Torah Scroll at Chevra Shas synagogue in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. There were no casualties but the scroll was destroyed. This is believed to be part of a campaign to scare Jews out of the Dorchester area. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 15 | Religious Figures/Institutions | null | null | Synagogue in the Dorchester area of Boston | Chevra Shas synagogue | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | To scare Jewish residents of the Dorchester out of the area | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 18 | Arson/Fire | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Torah scroll destroyed | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Three weeks later there was another fire set at Chevra Shas synagogue and two fires set at Agudath Israel synagogue (197005270002 and 197005270003). A Catholic Church in Dorchester sustained two arson attacks during this same time period (197005000001 and197007000002). | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 4, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.836957 |
197,005,070,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 7 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.697132 | -73.931351 | 1 | 0 | Manhattan | 5/7/1970: Unknown perpetrators set off a pipe bomb at a social club in the "Little Italy" section of Manhattan, New York, United States. There were no casualties and the building sustained only slight damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 11 | Entertainment/Cultural/Stadium/Casino | Social Club in Manhattan New York | null | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Unknown | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 31 | Pipe Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Eight-inch pipe bomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Slight damages | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The bomb exploded overnight after everyone left the club. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Bomb in Club in 'Little Italy' Slightly Damages Building," New York Times, May 8, 1970. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.86671 |
197,005,080,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 8 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Connecticut | New London | 41.356445 | -72.096469 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/8/1970: Unknown perpetrators threw four bombs into the National Guard Armory in New London, Connecticut, United States. There were no casualties and the resulting fire caused minimal damage. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 27 | Military Barracks/Base/Headquarters/Checkpost | National Guard Armory | National Guard Armory, New London Connecticut | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the National Guard and the US military | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Four firebombs thrown into armory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Little damage caused | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | National Guardsmen in both New Hampshire and Vermont were deployed to protect their respective armories as a result of this incident. This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Protesters' Ranks Grow," Baltimore Sun, May 9, 1970. | William Greider, "Fire Hit Campuses; Rallies Calm," Washington Post, May 10, 1970. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,090,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 9 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.818985 | -73.595724 | 1 | 0 | Brooklyn | 5/9/1970: The Stop the War Coalition claimed credit for setting fire to the Humanities Building at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University in New York, United States. Twelve firefighters were injured fighting the blaze and the building sustained $100,000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | Long Island University, Brooklyn campus | Humanities Building, Long Island University | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Stop the War Coalition | null | null | null | null | null | To force Long Island University to close | 1 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 1 | 1 | Letter | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 18 | Arson/Fire | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Arson | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 100,000 | Offices and records destroyed on two floors of the Humanities building | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The Stop the War Coalition sent a letter to the president of Long Island University warning that there would be more attacks against the university unless the campus closed. Twelve firemen were treated for smoke inhalation. This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | William E. Farrell, "Political Action By Youth Is Goal," New York Times, May 10, 1970. | William Greider, "Fire Hit Campuses; Rallies Calm," Washington Post, May 10, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 12 | 1 |
197,005,090,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 9 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Los Angeles | 34.097866 | -118.407379 | 1 | 0 | Hollywood | 5/9/1970: Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb at a Selective Services office in Los Angeles, California, United States. There were no casualties but the building sustained an estimated $10,000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 21 | Government Building/Facility/Office | Selective Service | Selective Service office in Hollywood California | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest and sabotage the draft | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 14 | Time Fuse | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Time bomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 10,000 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against government targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,090,003 | 1,970 | 5 | 9 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Sacramento | 38.551295 | -121.471066 | 1 | 0 | Oak Park | 5/9/1970: Sacramento Police Officer Bernard Bennett was shot and killed by a sniper, suspected of being a Black Militant, as the he was patrolling the Oak Park area of Sacramento, United States, with his partner Officer Lloyd Smothers. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Armed Assault | null | null | null | null | 3 | Police | 25 | Police Security Forces/Officers | Sacramento Police Department | Sacramento Police Officers | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | To punish Sacramento Police officers for their treatment of African Americans | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | Firearms | 5 | Unknown Gun Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Sniper; a total of six bullets fired | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The bullet struck officer Bennett in the head. This attack occurred during heightened tensions between the police and the African American community of Sacramento California. The police originally charged seven people, with ties to various Black National organizations including the Black Panther Party, for the attack. However, the suspected perpetrators were acquitted of the crime during their trial due to lack of evidence. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | David Colvin, "Black Politics After the Civil Rights Movement: Activity and Beliefs in Sacramento, 1970-2000," McFarland & Company, Inc., 2009. | "Sacramento Policeman Shot," New York Times, May 11, 1970. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 1 | 0.836957 |
197,005,100,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 10 | null | 0 | null | 499 | East Germany (GDR) | 9 | Eastern Europe | Berlin | Berlin | 52.50153 | 13.401851 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 4 | Multinational Corporation | null | IBM Office | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Extraparliamentary Opposition (APO) | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Incendiary | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 0 | 1 |
197,005,100,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 10 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | District of Columbia | Washington | 38.908642 | -77.015381 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 12 | NGO | 61 | Domestic NGO | null | National Guard Assoc | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Weather Underground, Weathermen | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Explosive | null | 0 | null | 0 | 1 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 0 | 0.866667 |
197,005,120,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 12 | null | 0 | null | 199 | Switzerland | 8 | Western Europe | Geneva | Geneva | 46.198392 | 6.142296 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 6 | Airports & Aircraft | 42 | Aircraft (not at an airport) | null | Iberia Airlines Aircraft | 185 | Spain | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1st of May Group | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Explosive | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | null | 0.5 |
197,005,120,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 12 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Texas | Houston | 29.813822 | -95.365295 | 1 | 0 | KPFT Radio Transmitter | 5/12/1970: A splinter group of the Ku Klux Klan claimed credit for blowing up a transmitter of the radio station KPFT in Houston, Texas, United States. KPFT radio gave a platform for people with Communist views. There were no casualties but the station was knocked of the air. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 16 | Telecommunication | 88 | Radio | KPFT - FM | KPFT transmitter | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Ku Klux Klan | null | null | null | null | null | Intimidating/preventing KFPT from allowing Communists a network to share their views. | 0 | null | null | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | Unknown | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 28 | Dynamite/TNT | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Dynamite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | The station was temporarily knocked off the air. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Of the four perpetrators indicted, two of them, Beam and Moratto, were Klansmen. Hutto was also accused of being a member of the Klan. It had been widely reported that a splinter group of the Klan took credit for the attack. The perpetrators were also indicted for 197103110001 and 197010090001. | Martin Waldron, "2 Bombings Laid to 4 in Houston," New York Times, June 12, 1971. | Martin Waldron, "Houston's KPFT, Two Bombs Later, Tries to Rebuild," New York Times, October 24, 1970. | "3 Suspected Klansmen Held in Houston, Texas," Atlanta Daily World, January 19, 1971. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 0 | 0.961538 |
197,005,120,003 | 1,970 | 5 | 12 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Michigan | Detroit | 42.331685 | -83.047924 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/12/1970: Unknown perpetrators set fire to a building housing two Selective Services offices in Detroit, Michigan, United States. There were no casualties but the Selective Service offices sustained $50,000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 21 | Government Building/Facility/Office | Selective Service | Selective Service Local Boards 186 and 187, Detroit Michigan | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest and sabotage the draft | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 20 | Gasoline or Alcohol | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Gasoline can found in the vicinity of the scene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 50,000 | Selective Service offices heavily damaged | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The fire burned for around an hour and a half until firefighters were able to extinguish it. This was one of many attacks against government targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Fire in Draft Offices," New York Times, May 13, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,130,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 13 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Iowa | Des Moines | 41.579662 | -93.621506 | 1 | 0 | Against a wall near a transformer and fuel drums | 5/13/1970: Suspected members of the Black Panthers bombed the Des Moines Police Station in Iowa, United States. Two people were injured and the attack caused an estimated $200,000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 3 | Police | 22 | Police Building (headquarters, station, school) | Des Moines Police Department | Des Moines Police Station | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Panthers | null | null | null | null | null | To kill police officers | 1 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 28 | Dynamite/TNT | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Dynamite explosion | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 200,000 | Holes in the wall, two-hundred and eighty shattered windows, around a dozen cars damaged, power outages, and windows of several surrounding buildings damaged. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | There was a bomb threat against the Des Moines Police Department a week earlier. On May 5th 1970, a large quantity of dynamite was stolen from Quick Supply, a dynamite supply warehouse in Ankeny Iowa. Police believed that the stolen dynamite was used by the Black Panthers in this attack as well as in four other incidents taking place in Iowa during May and June 1970 197005220003, 197006130001, 197006210001, and 197006290001). | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Committee on Internal Security House of Representatives, "Black Panther Party, Part 4," U.S. Government Printing Office, October-November, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 2 | 0.75 |
197,005,130,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 13 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Utah | Salt Lake City | 40.759505 | -111.888229 | 1 | 0 | Entrance of building | 5/13/1970: Unknown perpetrators bombed the supply building of the Utah National Guard in Salt Lake City, United States. There were no casualties and the building sustained an estimated $9,000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 27 | Military Barracks/Base/Headquarters/Checkpost | Utah National Guard | Utah National Guard, Salt Lake City | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the National Guard and the US military | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Bomb detonated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 9,000 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,130,003 | 1,970 | 5 | 13 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | North Carolina | Oxford | 36.312 | -78.5882 | 1 | 0 | Green Acres housing development | 5/13/1970: Unknown African American perpetrators threw three firebombs at the house of James Rudder, a White citizen of Oxford, North Carolina, United States. Two of the firebombs failed to ignite and the third caused only minor damage to the roof of the house. This incident took place during heightened racial tensions in Oxford. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 14 | Private Citizens & Property | 68 | Named Civilian | White citizen in Oxford North Carolina | House of James Rudder | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | To protest and intimidate the White community of Oxford North Carolina | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Three firebombs thrown at the house | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Minor damage to roof of house and convenience store damaged | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The incident occurred around 10:40 PM. About ten minutes before the attack, the Tiny Tote convince store was firebombed in what was believed to be a diversionary tactic. Two days before the firebombing, there was a racial slaying of an African American in Oxford which resulted in numerous demonstrations and riots. Other incidents in Oxford include 197005260001, 197005260002, 197005140004, and 197005250001. | Timothy B. Tyson, "Blood Dones Sign My Name," Crown Publishers, 2004. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.836957 |
197,005,130,004 | 1,970 | 5 | 13 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Florida | Miami | 25.774591 | -80.214195 | 1 | 0 | Allapattah | 5/13/1970: Members of the Black Afro Militant Movement (BAMM) firebombed the Allapattah Five and Ten Cent Store in Miami, Florida, United States. There were no casualties and it is unknown if the store sustained any damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 7 | Retail/Grocery/Bakery | null | Allapattah Five and Ten Cent Store, Miami Florida | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Afro Militant Movement | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 4 | Unknown | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The Black Afro Militant Movement committed two other attacks in the Miami area during the same month (197005050004 and 197005200003) | "Final Report to the Grand Jury: B.A.M.M.," Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Dade County, November 9, 1970. | "Bomb Suspect Accused in 2nd Case," Miami News, May 18, 1972. | S. Nathan Enfield, "5 BAMM Members Convicted" Miami News, July 18, 1972. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 0 | 1 |
197,005,140,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 14 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Massachusetts | Melrose | 42.45717 | -71.064049 | 1 | 0 | Outside of building | 5/14/1970: Unknown perpetrators firebombed the National Guard Armory in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. There were no casualties and the damages are unknown. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 27 | Military Barracks/Base/Headquarters/Checkpost | National Guard Armory | National Guard Armory, Melrose Massachusetts | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the National Guard and the US military | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Molotov cocktail consisting of beer bottles and gasoline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 4 | Unknown | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against military targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,140,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 14 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.697132 | -73.931351 | 1 | 0 | Manhattan | 5/14/1970: Unknown perpetrators bombed the Alma Mater statue at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, United States. There were no casualties but the statue was damaged. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | Columbia University | Alma Mater statue | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | Protest the administration of Columbia University and the Vietnam War | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 28 | Dynamite/TNT | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Bomb consisting of one or two sticks of TNT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | One foot hole damaged in the center of statue and the base shifted five inches | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against educational institutions within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Robert W. Peterson, "Crime & the American Response," Facts on File, 1973. | "Untitled," New York Times, May 15, 1970. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.810811 |
197,005,140,003 | 1,970 | 5 | 14 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Long Beach | 33.783824 | -118.11409 | 1 | 0 | California State University, Long Beach | 5/14/1970: Unknown perpetrators placed a pipe bomb in the Science Building at California State University, Long Beach, United States. The bomb was discovered and subsequently removed before detonating. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | California State University, Long Beach | Science Building, California State University, Long Beach | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Student Radicals | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 31 | Pipe Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.810811 |
197,005,140,004 | 1,970 | 5 | 14 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | North Carolina | Oxford | 36.312 | -78.5882 | 1 | 0 | Goshen St. | 5/14/1970: Unknown African American perpetrators attempted to firebomb a tobacco warehouse in Oxford, North Carolina, United States. The firebomb failed but, as part of a diversionary tactic, an unoccupied house in another part of town was damaged by an incendiary device. This incident took place during heightened racial tensions in Oxford. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 9 | Farm/Ranch | White owned tobacco business in Oxford North Carolina | null | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | To protest and intimidate the White community of Oxford North Carolina | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebombs with fuse placed in the flues beneath the warehouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Unoccupied house on Hicks Mill road damaged. | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Three days before the firebombing, there was a racial slaying of an African American in Oxford which resulted in numerous demonstrations and riots. Other incidents in Oxford include 197005260001, 197005260002, 197005130003, and 197005250001. | Timothy B. Tyson, "Blood Dones Sign My Name," Crown Publishers, 2004. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.836957 |
197,005,150,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 15 | null | 0 | null | 362 | West Germany (FRG) | 8 | Western Europe | Berlin | West Berlin | 52.50153 | 13.401851 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | -9 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 3 | Bank/Commerce | null | Savings and Loan of West Berlin, Branch #12 | 75 | Germany | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Unknown | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Incendiary | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | -9 | -9 | 1 | 1 | null | null | 0.86671 |
197,005,150,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 15 | null | 0 | null | 218 | Uruguay | 3 | South America | Montevideo | Montevideo | -34.891151 | -56.187214 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Assassination | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 34 | Military Personnel (soldiers, troops, officers, forces) | null | Residence, Sgt. Selby Stevens, US Military Mission | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Tupamaros (Uruguay) | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | 4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | Firearms | 3 | Handgun | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Pistols | null | null | null | null | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 60,000 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 0 | 0.95122 |
197,005,150,003 | 1,970 | 5 | 15 | null | 0 | null | 362 | West Germany (FRG) | 8 | Western Europe | Berlin | West Berlin | 52.50153 | 13.401851 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | -9 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Armed Assault | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | 3 | Bank/Commerce | null | Bank | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Unknown | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | Firearms | 2 | Automatic or Semi-Automatic Rifle | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Automatic firearm | null | null | null | null | 1 | 4 | Unknown | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | PGIS | -9 | -9 | -9 | -9 | null | null | 0.86671 |
197,005,150,004 | 1,970 | 5 | 15 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Washington | Seattle | 47.610786 | -122.331306 | 1 | 0 | Capital Hill Area | 5/15/1970: Larry G. Ward, an African American, was shot and killed by police as he attempted to bomb the Hardcastle Realty office in Seattle, Washington, United States. The real estate office was the target of a bombing a month earlier. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 1 | Business | null | null | Hardcastle Realty | Hardcastle Realty, Seattle | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 28 | Dynamite/TNT | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Three sticks of dynamite taped to a fuse and blasting cap | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Police received intelligence that the realty office would be attacked and two officers were waiting at the scene. Ward succeeded in lighting the fuse, but the bomb failed to ignite. Hardcastle realty was previously bombed in attack 197004190002. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | "Public Service Strikes Hit San Diego," Washington Post, May 16, 1970. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 1 | 0.836957 |
197,005,160,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 16 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.697132 | -73.931351 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 4 | Military | 28 | Military Recruiting Station/Academy | U.S. Military | Recruiting Station | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Cuban Action | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | 3 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 17 | Other Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Bomb in loaf of bread | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | HSI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | null | 0 | 0.769231 |
197,005,190,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 19 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Missouri | Afton | 38.550245 | -90.332723 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/19/1970: Unknown perpetrators firebombed the Selective Service offices in Afton, Missouri, United States. There were no casualties but the fire caused an estimated $1,600 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 21 | Government Building/Facility/Office | Selective Service | Selective Service offices, Afton Missouri | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest and sabotage the draft | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Firebomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 1,600 | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against government targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by Ohio National Guardsmen and the shooting of two students at Jackson State University by Mississippi Police. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,200,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 20 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Florida | Quincy | 30.588141 | -84.580929 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/20/1970: Unknown perpetrators bombed a substation of the Florida Power Company in Quincy, Florida, United States. There were no casualties but the main transformer was destroyed causing an estimated $600,000 in damages. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 21 | Utilities | 107 | Electricity | Florida Power Company | Quincy Substation | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Unknown | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 28 | Dynamite/TNT | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Dynamite explosion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | 600,000 | Main transformer completely destroyed | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005. | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.86671 |
197,005,200,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 20 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Pennsylvania | Carlisle | 40.20119 | -77.189169 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/20/1970: Unknown perpetrators attempted to firebomb the Selective Service building in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States, but the five Molotov cocktails failed to ignite. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Other Crime Type | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 2 | Government (General) | 21 | Government Building/Facility/Office | Selective Service | Selective Service building, Carlisle Pennsylvania | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Left-Wing Militants | null | null | null | null | null | Protest and sabotage the draft | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Five Molotov cocktails | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | This was one of many attacks against government targets within the United States following the shooting of four Kent State students by Ohio National Guardsmen and the shooting of two students at Jackson State University by Mississippi Police. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 0.751445 |
197,005,200,003 | 1,970 | 5 | 20 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Florida | Miami | 25.774591 | -80.214195 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/20/1970: Members of the Black Afro Militant Movement threw Molotov cocktails at Dorsey Junior High School in Miami, Florida, United States. There were no casualties and it is unknown if the firebombs caused any damage to the school. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Facility/Infrastructure Attack | null | null | null | null | 8 | Educational Institution | 49 | School/University/Educational Building | null | Dorsey Junior High School, Miami Florida | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Afro Militant Movement | null | null | null | null | null | To protest the dilapidated conditions of the school, the busing of the students, and the fact that facility was closed by the School Board. | 0 | null | null | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | Incendiary | 19 | Molotov Cocktail/Petrol Bomb | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Molotov cocktails thrown into the school | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 4 | Unknown | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Five members of the Black Afro Militant Movement were convicted of the incident in 1972 following a previous trial that went to a hung jury. BAMM committed two other attacks in the Miami area during the same month (197005130004 and 197005050004) | "Final Report to the Grand Jury: B.A.M.M.," Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Dade County, November 9, 1970. | "Bomb Suspect Accused in 2nd Case," Miami News, May 18, 1972. | S. Nathan Enfield, "5 BAMM Members Convicted" Miami News, July 18, 1972. | Hewitt Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | 0 | 1 |
197,005,210,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 21 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | California | Trona | 35.76625 | -117.370674 | 1 | 0 | null | 5/21/1970: Unknown perpetrators bombed the residence of a foreman employed by the American Potash Plant in Trona, California, United States. There were no casualties but the explosion caused major damage to the home and furnishings. At the time, the American Potash Plant of Trona was the scene of a major workers strike. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Bombing/Explosion | null | null | null | null | 14 | Private Citizens & Property | 77 | Laborer (General)/Occupation Identified | null | Home of foreman employed by American Potash and Chemical Company | 217 | United States | 1 | Business | 5 | Industrial/Textiles/Factory | American Potash and Chemical Company | null | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Strikers | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | -99 | -99 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Explosives | 16 | Unknown Explosive Type | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Minor (likely < $1 million) | null | Major damage incurred to home and furnishings | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other attacks in Trona during the American Potash Plant strike include 197004050004, 197004050005, 197004140002, 197004220001, and 197004220001. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | null | null | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 0 | 1 |
197,005,220,001 | 1,970 | 5 | 22 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | New York | New York City | 40.697132 | -73.931351 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | Unarmed Assault | null | null | null | null | 17 | Terrorists/Non-State Militia | 93 | Terrorist | Palestinian Liberation Organization | 2 PLO Offices | 155 | West Bank and Gaza Strip | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Jewish Defense League (JDL) | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | 0 | 6 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9 | Melee | 21 | Blunt Object | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Axe handles | 0 | 0 | null | 0 | 1 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | HSI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 3 | 0.817073 |
197,005,220,002 | 1,970 | 5 | 22 | null | 0 | null | 217 | United States | 1 | North America | Minnesota | St. Paul | 44.946604 | -93.136446 | 1 | 0 | 859 Hague Avenue | 5/22/1970: Police Officer James Sackett is murdered by a sniper after he responded to a fake emergency call in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. Over thirty-five years after Sackett's death Ronald Reed and Larry Clark were convicted of the murder. They were Black Panther wannabe's who wanted to kill a police officer. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Armed Assault | null | null | null | null | 3 | Police | 25 | Police Security Forces/Officers | St. Paul Police Department | St. Paul Police Officer | 217 | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Black Nationalists | null | null | null | null | null | To kill police indiscriminately | 0 | null | null | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | Firearms | 4 | Rifle/Shotgun (non-automatic) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | High-powered rifle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Constance Trimble, the former girlfriend of Ronald Reed, stated that she made the phony phone call to lure a St. Paul Police Officer. Reed and Clark were both convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison. | Committee on Government Operations United States Senate, "Riots, Civil, and Criminal Disorders," U.S. Government Printing Office, August 6, 1970. | Shannon Prather, "Court Upholds Verdict in Cop Killings," St. Paul Pioneer Press, August 23, 2007. | "St. Paul Police Officer James Sackett, 27, Is Killed By A Shot From A High-Powered Rifle," St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 7, 2006. | Hewitt Project | -9 | -9 | 0 | -9 | null | 1 | 0.836957 |