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Bomb explodes in Capitol on Nov. 7, 1983 By Andrew Glass 11/07/2007 05:55 AM EST On this day in 1983, at 10:58 p.m., a thunderous explosion tore through the second floor of the Capitol’s Senate ...
7 EXTREMISTS CHARGED IN `83 CAPITOL BOMBING Share this: ... The bombing of the Capitol occurred late one night in November, 1983, and blew a hole in the a wall outside the Senate chamber.
Armed Resistance Unit bombing — Nov. 7, 1983. As with the 1971 explosion, a bomb planted just outside the Senate on Nov. 7, 1983, did not lead to any casualties, though the Associated Press ...
Just before 11 p.m. on November 7, 1983, a member called the Capitol switchboard to announce that a bomb was about to explode. Minutes later, M19 detonated a bomb in the Capitol’s north wing, ...
But M19CO perhaps is most recognized for its participation in a plot to bomb the U.S. Capitol. Late in the evening of Nov. 7, 1983, members of M19CO called the U.S. Capitol Switchboard and advised ...
The Senate had been scheduled to work late on the night of Monday, Nov. 7, 1983, ... After M19’s Capitol bombing in 1983, security tightened — and stayed that way.
Nov. 7, 1983: A bomb under a bench outside the Senate chamber planted by a leftist group exploded late at night, blowing the hinges off the door to the office of then-Senate Democratic leader ...
In a Dec. 11 Senate hearing, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger testified that there had been more than 50 so-called "swatting" attacks on members of Congress over the previous month.
On Nov. 7, 1983, a late-night bomb blast set off by a left-wing group caused extensive damange to a conference room near the Senate chambers. ... "7 indicted in 1983 Capitol bombing," May 12, 1988.
Nov. 7, 1983: At 10:58 p.m., a bomb tore through the second floor of the Capitol’s north wing while the adjacent halls were virtually deserted. ... U.S. Senate, Bomb Explodes in Capitol, Nov. 7 ...