List of Terrorist Incidents - 1950–1969

1950–1969

  • Cyprus 1956, 16 June: One man was killed and six others injured when a bomb exploded in Nicosia.
  • Lebanon 1958, 15 August: Three people were killed in a bomb blast Beirut. The bombing also injured ten more and on the day that United Nations General Assembly was pondering ways to end violence in the Middle East.
  • Cuba 1960, 5 March: The French freighter La Coubre explodes, killing between 75 and 100 people with 200 injured. The government suspects sabotage.
  • United States 1962, 22 May: Continental Airlines Flight 11 explodes and crashes near Unionville, Missouri, killing all 45 on board (the only initial survivor succumbed to injuries later in hospital) after it was determined to be a suicide committed as insurance fraud.
  • Canada 1963–1970: Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) committed frequent bombings targeting English businesses and banks, as well as McGill University. The whole bombing campaign resulted in 8 known deaths and numerous injuries.
  • South Vietnam 1965, 26 June: Two simultaneous explosions took place near a restaurant in the 1965 Saigon bombing during the Vietnam War. The attack killed 42 people and 80 were wounded.
  • Greece 1967, 12 November: A bomb exploded on board Cyprus Airways Flight 284 near Rhodes killing all 66 people on the aircraft.
  • Israel 1968, 4 September: Three bombs were detonated in Tel Aviv, killing 1 person and injuring 51 people. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs states the number of injured people at 71.
  • Italy 1969, 12 December: Piazza Fontana bombing, Milano, killing 17 people and wounding 88.

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