Note: table includes terrorist events causing fatalities, incidents involving unconventional weapons or of political significance, politically-motivated murders, and other incidents of political or methodological significance.
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| date | location | killed | injured | type | summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 1865 | Washington, DC | 1 | 1 | TER-right | President Abraham Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth in Washington DC; secretary of state William H. Seward injured separately by accomplice Lewis Powell; Lincoln died 15 April. |
| 2 Jul 1881 | Washington, DC | 1 | 0 | TER | President James Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau in Washington, DC, died 19 Sept. |
| 4 May 1886 | Chicago, IL | 12 | 60 | TER-left | bomb thrown during labor rally at Haymarket Square, Chicago, IL, kills 7 policemen, many injured; police fire into crowd, killing 4; 8 anarchists accused. |
| Feb 1890 | Washington, DC | 1 | 0 | TER | Kentucky Representative William Taulbee shot outside U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, by Charles Kincaid; Taulbee died several days later. |
| 6 Sep 1901 | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 0 | TER-left | President William McKinley shot by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, NY, died 14 Sept. |
| 30 Dec 1905 | Caldwell, ID | 1 | 0 | TER-left | Frank Steunenberg, former Idaho governor, killed by bomb. |
| 1 Oct 1910 | Los Angeles, CA | 20 | 20 | TER-left | bombing by labor activists at The Los Angeles Times building |
| 14 Oct 1912 | Milwaukee, WI | 0 | 1 | TER-left | former President Theodore Roosevelt shot and injured in attempted assassination in Milwaukee, WI. |
| 22 Jul 1916 | San Francisco, CA | 10 | 40 | TER-left | bomb in suitcase explodes at preparedness parade in San Francisco |
| 24 Nov 1917 | Milwaukee, WI | 10 | TER-left | bombing at police station | |
| 29 Apr 1919 | GA | 0 | 2 | TER-left | mail bomb sent to home of senator Thomas Hardwick explodes, injuring a housekeeper and the senator's wife |
| 2 Jun 1919 | New York City, NY | 2 | 3 | TER-left | anarchist bombings kill a night watchman and a terrorist |
| 16 Sep 1920 | New York City, NY | 38 | 300 | TER-left | bomb in horse-drawn wagon exploded near Morgan bank in lower Manhattan |
| 18 May 1927 | Bath, MI | 46 | 58 | CRI | Bombing of a school in Bath, Michigan, killed many children. Andrew Kehoe, whose farm had been foreclosed for failure to pay school taxes, had placed about 400 kg of dynamite in the school. One charge exploded, collapsing a portion of the school and killing about 40 children. The school superintendent confronted Kehoe on a nearby street, when Kehoe fired into dynamite in the back of his car killing himself and the superintendent. |
| 15 Feb 1933 | Miami, FL | 1 | 4 | TER-left | attempted assassination of President-elect Franklin Roosevelt by anarchist Joseph Zangara; Chicago mayor Anton Cermak shot instead, dying 6 March. |
| 10 Oct 1933 | IN | 7 | 0 | TER | mid-air bombing destroys a Boeing 247 |
| 8 Sep 1935 | Baton Rouge, LA | 2 | 0 | TER | Senator Huey Long shot in Baton Rouge, LA, by Carl Weiss who was shot and killed by bodyguards; Long died 10 Sept. |
| 21 Sep 1935 | Brooklyn, NY | 0 | 1 | TER | plane hijacked from Brooklyn and flown across Atlantic, crashing in Irish Free State; 1 injured. |
| 21 Jan 1938 | Seattle, WA | 1 | 0 | THW | peace advocate drowned trying to bomb Japanese steamer in Seattle, WA. |
| 4 Jul 1940 | New York City, NY | 2 | 2 | TER | bomb explodes at British Pavilion at the World's Fair, killing 2 police officers and injuring 2 |
| 22 Jul 1948 | New York City, NY | 0 | 0 | THW | Stephen J. Supona dropped homemade bomb from airplane over United Nations building in New York; no damage caused. |
| 1 Nov 1950 | Washington, DC | 2 | 1 | TER-natl | in assassination attempt on President Harry Truman, two Puerto Rican nationalists try to shoot their way into Blair House; 2 killed, including 1 terrorist. |
| 21 Dec 1951 | Mims, FL | 2 | 0 | TER-right | NAACP state director Harry Moore and his wife killed in bombing of their house |
| 1 Mar 1954 | Washington, DC | 0 | 5 | TER-natl | Puerto Rican nationalists fire from gallery of U.S. House of Representatives; 5 Congressman injured. |
| 7 Nov 1954 | New York City, NY | 0 | 4 | TER | bomb explodes in seat at Radio City Music Hall during a movie showing |
| 1 Nov 1955 | Longmont, CO | 44 | 0 | CRI | United Air Lines DC-8 exploded and crashed near Longmont, CO, destroyed by bomb planted by John Graham in insurance plot to kill his mother, a passenger; 44 killed. |
| 2 Dec 1956 | Brooklyn, NY | 0 | 6 | TER | bomb explodes at Paramount Theater |
| 1 Nov 1958 | 17 | 3 | TER | Cubana Airlines flight hijacked from Miami by members of 26th of July Movement; plane crashed near Punta Tabaio, Cuba, killing 17 of 20 aboard. | |
| 15 Sep 1959 | Houston, TX | 6 | 18 | CRI | Paul Orgeron entered Poe Elementary School, Houston, Texas, and asked about enrolling his 7-year-old son but had no relevant documents, with which he promised to return. He returned to the school playground with his son a few minutes later, about 8:30 AM, carrying a briefcase containing about six sticks of dynamite, and gave a threatening note to a teacher. The teacher called for assistance from other staff and began moving students to safety. When Orgeron was confronted by the school principal and a custodian, he detonated the explosives, killing himself, his son, two other 7-year-old students, a teacher and the custodian. Those injured included 17 children ages 6 to 10 and the school principal. |
| 6 Jan 1960 | Boliva, NC | 34 | 0 | CRI | National Airlines flight bombed in insurance plot, crashing near Boliva, NC; 34 killed. |
| 3 Jan 1961 | National Reactor Testing Station, ID | 3 | 0 | CRI | The SL-1 reactor was a prototype of a reactor intended for easy assembly at remote facilities such as DEW line stations in the Arctic. It used 15 kg of uranium fuel (enriched to 91% U-235), was water moderated, and had a thermal power capacity of 3 MWt. Five aluminum-clad cadmium control rods provided reactor control. The SL-1 had operated 2 years, with an 11-day shutdown for maintenance being completed at the time of the incident. Three workers were reassembling the control rod drives on 3 January in preparation for startup the following day. At about 9:01 PM the three workers were on top of the reactor when one manually removed the center control rod as rapidly as possible, over a 0.5-second period. The reactor became supercritical, with a total energy release of 1.3 x 108 joules (comparable to 30 kg of TNT), producing a steam explosion. The worker who extracted the rod was killed instantly, impaled on the building's ceiling by a control rod. The other two men were burned and thrown by the steam explosion, one dying instantly from impact with a shielding block and the other sustaining head injuries of which he died 2 hours later (maximum dose sustained was possibly 350 rad). The release of radioactive material was largely contained to the building. Emergency responders were alerted by an automated alarm and arrived at the site at 9:10 PM. High radiation readings were measured in the reactor building, delaying entry. At 10:50 PM several responders and contractor personnel removed one man alive, who died shortly afterwards. One body was removed from the reactor building on 4 January and the other on 9 January. Of personnel/responders involved, 22 received doses of 3-27 rads from entering the building and/or handling the casualties. |
| 1 May 1961 | 0 | 0 | TER | Puerto Rican hijacks National Airlines plane to Havana, Cuba | |
| 22 May 1962 | Unionville, | 44 | 0 | CRI | Continental flight bombed |
| 12 Jun 1963 | Jackson, MS | 1 | 0 | TER-right | Medgar Evers, NAACP Mississippi field secretary, shot and killed at his home |
| 15 Sep 1963 | Birmingham, AL | 4 | 23 | TER-right | A bomb exploded under the steps of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 4 young girls (ages 11-14) attending Sunday school and injuring 23 people. |
| 22 Nov 1963 | Dallas, TX | 1 | 0 | TER | President John Kennedy shot in Dallas, TX, by Lee Harvey Oswald, himself later shot by Jack Rudy before trial. |
| 1 May 1964 | 44 | 0 | CRI | Frank Gonzalez, intending to commit suicide, shot pilot of Pacific Air Lines flight, causing plane to crash; 44 killed. | |
| 22 Jun 1964 | Philadelphia, MS | 3 | 0 | TER-right | three civil rights workers kidnapped in Mississippi, bodies found 4 Aug, 7 whites convicted of murders. |
| 16 Feb 1965 | 0 | 0 | THW | three individuals, including members of Black Liberation Front and Montreal Separatist Party, arrested plotting to bomb Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, and Washington Monument. | |
| 21 Feb 1965 | New York City, NY | 1 | 0 | TER | Malcolm X fatally shot in New York City. |
| 25 Mar 1965 | AL | 1 | 0 | TER-right | civil rights protestor killed by Ku Klux Klan |
| 11 Aug 1965 | Los Angeles, CA | 34 | 1000 | CRI | Watts riots in Los Angeles 11-16 August by blacks kill 34, injure 1,000, cause $20 million in damage. |
| 10 Jan 1966 | MS | 1 | 0 | TER-right | 1 killed in firebombing by Ku Klux Klan |
| 15 Mar 1966 | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 25 | CRI | young blacks riot in Watts, Los Angeles; 2 killed, 25 injured. |
| 7 Jan 1967 | Las Vegas, NV | 6 | 12 | CRI | R. Parks commits suicide in bombing of Las Vegas motel; 6 killed, 12 injured. |
| 29 Jan 1967 | 0 | TER-natl | simultaneous bombing of Yugoslav missions in Washington, DC, Chicago, IL, San Francisco, CA, New York City, NY, Ottawa, Canada, and Toronto, Canada. | ||
| 2 May 1967 | Sacramento, CA | 0 | 0 | THW | 26 Black Panthers walk into California State Legislature in Sacramento carrying loaded guns to read a political statement. |
| 12 Jul 1967 | Newark, NJ | 26 | 1500 | CRI | black riots in Newark, NJ, 12-17 July, kill 26, injure 1,500. |
| 23 Jul 1967 | Detroit, MI | 43 | 2000 | CRI | black riots in Detroit, MI, 23-30 July, kill 43, injure 2,000. |
| 4 Apr 1968 | Memphis, TN | 1 | 0 | TER-right | Martin Luther King Jr. shot and killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis, TN. |
| 5 Jun 1968 | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 0 | TER | Robert Kennedy shot by Jordanian Sinhan Bishara Sirhan in Los Angeles, CA, died 6 Jun. |
| 1 Jun 1969 | Sacramento, CA | 0 | 13 | TER-left | gunfight at Black Panther Party headquarters in Sacramento, CA, injures 13 policemen. |
| 7 Aug 1969 | New York City, NY | 0 | 20 | TER-left | bombing of Marine Midland Building |
| 6 Mar 1970 | New York City, NY | 3 | 0 | TER-left | three killed in New York City, apparently while building bombs for Weathermen. |
| 17 Mar 1970 | 1 | 0 | TER | Eastern Airlines flight hijacked; copilot shot and killed. | |
| 24 Aug 1970 | Madison, WI | 1 | 0 | TER-left | bombing at Sterling Hall kills scientist at University of Wisconsin; bomb planted in protest of Vietnam War |
| 1 Nov 1970 | Fort Detrick, MD | THW | U.S. Army learns of Weathermen plot to blackmail homosexual officer at Fort Detrick, MD, to steal a biological weapon for use in the water supply of a major city. | ||
| 1 Mar 1971 | Washington, DC | 0 | TER-left | Weather Underground bombing of Senate wing of U.S. Capitol. | |
| 20 Oct 1971 | New York City, NY | TER | JDL members fire into apartment occupied by members of Soviet UN delegation in New York. | ||
| 1 Jan 1972 | Chicago, IL | 0 | 0 | THW | two teenagers, members of RISE, arrested for plotting to introduce typhoid bacteria into Chicago water supply. |
| 22 Jan 1972 | Saint Louis, MO | 2 | 0 | TER-left | two police officers killed |
| 26 Jan 1972 | New York City, NY | 2 | 13 | TER | Jewish Defense League firebombs two Sol Hurok offices in New York, NY; one killed at each location, with 13 total additional injuries. |
| 27 Jan 1972 | 2 | 0 | TER-left | Black Liberation Army kills 2 police officers. | |
| 7 Mar 1972 | 0 | 0 | TER | caller threatens to bomb four TWA airliners, one every 6 hours, unless a $2,000,000 ransom was paid; one bomb exploded in emptied airliner, at least one additional bomb defused on another airliner. | |
| 8 Apr 1972 | Harris County, TX | 0 | 1 | CRI | A man used radioactive sources to intentionally irradiate his 11-year-old son on multiple occasions. The man had limited visitation rights following divorce from the child's mother in 1971. He obtained capsules from one or two cesium-137 oil and gas well logging sources, each 1-2 Curie, which he was licensed to use with a company. From April to October 1972 he used the capsules in 5 to 8 instances against his son. |
| 15 May 1972 | 0 | 4 | TER | Alabama governor George Wallace and 3 others injured, shot by Arthur Bremer. | |
| 7 Jan 1973 | New Orleans, LA | 9 | 13 | TER-left | shootings by former Black Panther member |
| 4 Mar 1973 | New York City, NY | 0 | 0 | TER-islm | attempted bombings of three Israeli targets |
| 1 Jul 1973 | Chevy Chase, MD | 1 | 0 | TER-islm | Israeli military attache Colonel Yosef Alon shot outside his home, claimed by PFLP. |
| 6 Nov 1973 | 1 | 0 | TER | SLA kills Marcus Foster, black school superintendent. | |
| 22 Feb 1974 | Baltimore, MD | 3 | 1 | TER | gunman attempts to hijack plane in Baltimore and fly it into White House to kill President Nixon; kills 2 at airport and himself, injures one. |
| 17 May 1974 | 6 | 0 | TER | 6 SLA suspects in Hearst kidnapping killed in gun battle with police. | |
| 6 Aug 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | 35 | TER | bomb explodes in locker at airport in Los Angeles, CA, later attributed to the Alphabet Bomber |
| 21 Aug 1974 | Los Angeles, CA | 0 | 0 | THW | Alphabet Bomber, having threatened to kill the President with nerve gas, arrested with all but one of necessary components. |
| 11 Dec 1974 | East Halem, NY | 0 | 1 | TER-natl | FALN bombing injures police officer |
| 24 Jan 1975 | New York City, NY | 4 | 63 | TER-natl | FALN bombing of Fraunces Tavern in Wall Street, New York City; 4 killed, 63 injured. |
| 29 Jan 1975 | Washington, DC | TER-left | Weather Underground bombing of U.S. State Department in Washington, DC. | ||
| 5 Sep 1975 | Sacramento, CA | 0 | 0 | THW | Secret Service agent prevents Lynette Fromme, a Charles Manson follower, from shooting President Gerald Ford in Sacramento. |
| 22 Sep 1975 | San Francisco, CA | 0 | 0 | THW | President Gerald Ford unharmed in assassination attempt by Sara Jane Moore, a political activist. |
| 29 Dec 1975 | New York City, NY | 11 | 75 | TER-natl | bomb explodes in locker at La Guardia Airport, New York City; Croatian nationalists suspected; 11 killed, 75 injured. |
| 1 Jun 1976 | THW | B. A. Fox threatens to use mail to disperse ticks carrying pathogens. | |||
| 27 Jul 1976 | Washington, DC | 1 | 0 | THW | gunman scales White House fence, is shot and killed by guards |
| 10 Sep 1976 | New York City, NY | 1 | 3 | TER-natl | Croatian terrorists hijack TWA jet and have it flown to France; 1 policeman killed by bomb at Grand Central Terminal in New York City. |
| 21 Sep 1976 | Washington, DC | 2 | 0 | TER-natl | two Chileans killed in car bombing |
| 9 Mar 1977 | Washington, DC | 0 | 0 | TER-islm | Hanafi Muslim gunmen seize 3 buildings in Washington, DC, and hold 134 hostages for 39 hours before surrendering. |
| 22 Mar 1977 | Denver, CO | 1 | 0 | TER | bombing attributed to Chicano activist kills one in Denver, CO. |
| 23 Apr 1977 | Washington, DC | 1 | TER | bomb explodes in locker at airport in Washington, DC; 1 killed. | |
| 3 Aug 1977 | New York City, NY | 1 | 7 | TER-natl | FALN bombs two office buildings in New York; 1 killed at Mobil headquarters, 7 injured. |
| 25 May 1978 | Evanston, IL | 0 | 1 | TER-unab | mail bomb slightly injures campus police officer at Northwestern University |
| 1 Jan 1979 | Wilmington, NC | 0 | 0 | THW | An employee of a GE subcontractor sent extortion letter with sample of uranium dioxide to general manager of GE nuclear faility in Wilmington, NC. Individual had stolen two 5-gallon containers of uranium dioxide and threatened to disperse them in unnamed U.S. city unless he received $100,000 ransom. He was arrested and sentenced to 15 years. |
| 3 May 1979 | Chicago, IL | 0 | 5 | TER-natl | FALN bombing at Shubert Theatre |
| 9 May 1979 | Evanston, IL | 0 | 1 | TER-unab | bomb slightly injures student at Northwestern University |
| 3 Nov 1979 | Greensboro, NC | 5 | 11 | TER-right | shooting at protest |
| 15 Nov 1979 | Chicago, IL | 0 | 12 | TER-unab | bomb ignites on American Airlines flight which lands safely; 12 passengers suffer from smoke inhalation |
| 1 Dec 1979 | PR | 2 | 10 | TER-natl | Macheteros members ambush Navy bus in Puerto Rico, killing 2 sailors and injuring 10. |
| 29 May 1980 | Fort Wayne, IN | 0 | 1 | TER-right | Vernon Jordan Jr., civil rights leader, shot and injured |
| 10 Jun 1980 | Chicago, IL | 0 | 1 | TER-unab | mail bomb injures president of United Airlines |
| 22 Jul 1980 | Bethesda, MD | 1 | 0 | TER-islm | Ali Akbar Tabataba'i, former senior officer in Iranian Shah's SAVAK, shot at home by Daoud Salahuddin, a radical black Muslim under instructions from Iran. |
| 12 Jan 1981 | Muniz ANGB, PR | 0 | 0 | TER-natl | Macheteros terrorists bomb 9 Air National Guard jets at Muniz ANGB in Puerto Rico, causing $40 million in damage. |
| 20 Mar 1981 | Mobile, AL | 1 | 0 | TER-right | 1 killed by Ku Klux Klan |
| 30 Mar 1981 | Washington, DC | 0 | 4 | TER | President Reagan and 3 others injured in attempted assassination by Hinkley in Washington, DC. |
| 16 May 1981 | New York City, NY | 1 | 0 | TER-natl | bomb explodes in JFK airport terminal |
| 29 Jul 1981 | Tulsa, OK | 1 | 0 | CRI | An unemployed radiographer incurred a self-inflicted radiation injury from an iridium-192 industrial radiography source, resulting in death. The individual, Douglas Crofut, had stolen the source in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
| 20 Oct 1981 | New York City, NY | 3 | 0 | TER-left | Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin captured after killing 3 in New York. |
| 21 Dec 1981 | Warren County, NJ | 1 | 0 | TER-left | UFF members murder New Jersey State Police officer. |
| 28 Jan 1982 | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 0 | TER-natl | Kemal Arikan, Turkish Consul-General in Los Angeles, assassinated by Armenian terrorists. |
| 4 May 1982 | Somerville, MA | 1 | 0 | TER-natl | Orhan Gunduz, honorary Turkish Consul in Boston, assassinated by Armenian terrorists. |
| 5 May 1982 | Nashville, TN | 0 | 1 | TER-unab | mail bomb injures secretary at Vanderbilt University |
| 2 Jul 1982 | Berkeley, CA | 0 | 1 | TER-unab | mail bomb injures professor at University of California |
| 31 Dec 1982 | New York City, NY | 0 | 3 | TER-natl | 2 bombings in Manhattan and Brooklyn by FALN |
| 15 Jul 1983 | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 0 | TER-natl | bomb in car kills Armenian Victor Galustian in Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1 Aug 1983 | Detroit, MI | 3 | 0 | TER-islm | Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam secretary killed in Detroit by members of Fuqra, a black Islamic sect; 2 members killed setting fire in AMI temple. |
| 7 Nov 1983 | Washington, DC | 0 | 0 | TER | bombing at U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC; later linked to Revolutionary Armed Task Force. |
| 1 Dec 1983 | 0 | 0 | THW | authorities prevent attempt by pro-Khomeini students to set fire to theater where 500 anti-Khomeini Iranians were meeting. | |
| 31 Dec 1983 | New York City, NY | 0 | 1 | TER-natl | FALN bombings at federal and city buildings in New York City; 1 policeman injured. |
| 1 Apr 1984 | NY | 0 | 0 | THW | two Canadians arrested in NY attempting to purchase large amounts of pathogenic bacteria (tetanus and botulinal toxin) from a Rockville, MD, firm. |
| 18 Jul 1984 | Denver, CO | 1 | 0 | TER-right | Alan Berg killed by white supremacists. |
| 29 Aug 1984 | The Dalles, OR | 0 | 2 | TER-rel | followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh use water to infect two officials with salmonella in The Dalles, OR; both sickened, one hospitalized. |
| 9 Sep 1984 | The Dalles, OR | 0 | 751 | TER-rel | salmonella poisoning in restaurants produces 60 clinical cases and 751 total known illnesses; followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh implicated. |
| 9 Sep 1984 | The Dalles, OR | 0 | 0 | THW | followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh fail in attempt to spread salmonella in The Dalles, OR. |
| 7 Dec 1984 | Whidbey Island, WA | 1 | 0 | TER-right | Robert Matthews, leader of The Order, a right-wing group, killed in raid by federal agents on Whidbey Island, WA. |
| 25 Dec 1984 | Pensacola, FL | 0 | TER-right | three abortion clinics bombed in Pensacola, FL. | |
| 1 Apr 1985 | New York City, NY | 0 | 0 | THW | letter writer threatens to contaminate New York City's water reservoirs with plutonium unless charges against Bernhard Goetz are dropped; testing was announced to have detected femtocurie levels of plutonium in the water on 26 July. |
| 13 May 1985 | Philadelphia, PA | 11 | police assault on headquarters of radical black group Move in Philadephia starts fire, killing 11. | ||
| 15 May 1985 | Berkeley, CA | 0 | 1 | TER-unab | mail bomb injures student at University of California |
| 15 Aug 1985 | Paterson, NJ | 0 | 1 | TER | Tscherim Soobzokov, alleged Nazi war criminal, injured in Paterson, NJ, by bombing possibly linked to JDL; died 6 Sept. |
| 11 Oct 1985 | Santa Ana, CA | 1 | 0 | TER | Alex Odah, officer of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, killed by bombing possibly linked to JDL. |
| 15 Nov 1985 | Ann Arbor, MI | 0 | 2 | TER-unab | bombing injures two |
| 11 Dec 1985 | Sacramento, CA | 1 | 0 | TER-unab | Unabomber bomb kills Hugh Scrutton, a computer store owner, in Sacramento, CA, with bomb in paper bag behind store. |
| 16 May 1986 | Cokeville, WY | 2 | 79 | TER-right | A couple, both Aryan Nation members, take 150 students and teachers hostage at an elementary school in Cokeville, WY, demanding $2 million per child in ransom. The bomb accidentally exploded, killing the female terrorist and injuring many children; the male terrorist, in another room at the time, killed himself. |
| 5 Aug 1986 | Chicago, IL | 0 | 0 | THW | members of Libyan-linked street gang El Rukn arrested attempting to obtain SAM to attack an aircraft at O'Hare IAP, Chicago. |
| 5 Sep 1986 | New York City, NY | 0 | 30 | TER | tear-gas bomb set off 5 minutes before end of Russian dance troupe performance at New York City's Metropolitan Opera House by Jewish extremists; 30 injured. |
| 29 Sep 1986 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 0 | 0 | TER-right | four bombs explode in Coeur d'Alene, ID, at department store, restaurant, federal building, and armed forces recruiting station, set by Bruder Scheigen Strike Force II. |
| 28 Oct 1986 | PR | 0 | 1 | TER-natl | Macheteros bombings at military facilities Puerto Rico injure one. |
| 1 Dec 1986 | AZ | 0 | 0 | THW | 6 members of Arizona Patriots indicted for planned bombings of the Phoenix ADL regional office, a Phoenix synagogue, the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, and the Ogden Utah IRS facility. |
| 14 Dec 1986 | New York City, NY | 0 | 0 | THW | Dennis Malvasi sets bomb in Planned Parenthood building in Manhattan, leaving rental agent handcuffed nearby; bomb fizzles. |
| 31 Dec 1986 | San Juan, PR | 96 | CRI | three employees set fire in Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, PR, killing 96. | |
| 20 Feb 1987 | Salt Lake City, UT | 0 | 1 | TER-unab | bomb injures computer store owner |
| 1 Apr 1987 | Atlantic City, NJ | 0 | 0 | THW | apparent Islamic terrorist plot to bomb Atlantic City casinos called off due to alerted authorities. |
| 23 Oct 1987 | 0 | 0 | THW | Lebanese national and two others, all members of Syrain Socialist National Party, arrested attempting to enter Vermont from Canada with bomb components. | |
| 28 Nov 1987 | 0 | 0 | THW | bomb exploded in parking lot of Sandia National Laboratories. | |
| 12 Apr 1988 | NJ | 0 | 0 | THW | Yu Kikumura, member of Japanese Red Army, arrested in New Jersey with bombs to be detonated in Manhattan 3 days later. |
| 10 Nov 1988 | Norwalk, CT | 0 | 0 | THW | animal rights activist arrested leaving pipe bomb at U.S. Surgical Corporation in Norwalk, CT. |
| 17 Jan 1989 | Stockton, CA | 6 | 30 | CRI | An individual using a AK-47 fired into children playing in the playground of Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California. Five children, ages 6 to 9, were killed and 29 others injured, as well as one teacher. The assailant then shot and killed himself. |
| 10 Mar 1989 | San Diego, CA | 0 | 0 | TER-islm | pipe-bomb exploded in van of Sharon Lee Rogers, wife of U.S.S. Vincennes captain, planted by pro-Iranian terrorists. |
| 13 Mar 1989 | Philadelphia, PA | 0 | 0 | THW | U.S. FDA inspectors in Philadelphia discover two grapes laced with minimal amounts of cyanide in shipment from Chile following warning telephoned to U.S. embassy in Santiago. |
| 18 Apr 1989 | Indianapolis, IN | 0 | 1 | CRI | child maimed by bomb in toothpaste tube in K-Mart store in Indianapolis, IN; apparently teenage perpetrator commits suicide 20 April. |
| 19 Apr 1989 | Atlantic Ocean, PR | 47 | CRI | explosion in gun turrent of battleship U.S.S. Iowa off Puerto Rico kills 47; Navy cites some evidence of sabotage. | |
| 21 Aug 1989 | Atlanta, GA | 0 | 15 | TER-right | gas canister in parcel explodes at NAACP regional office in Atlanta; 15 injured. |
| 17 Dec 1989 | Mountain Brook, AL | 1 | 1 | TER | Judge Robert Vance killed by mail bomb, wife injured, in Mountain Brook, AL. |
| 18 Dec 1989 | Savannah, GA | 1 | 0 | TER-right | black civil rights lawyer Robert Robinson killed by mail bomb in Savannah, GA. |
| 31 Jan 1990 | Tucson, AZ | 1 | 0 | TER-islm | Rashad Khalifa assassinated |
| 25 Mar 1990 | New York City, NY | 87 | 0 | CRI | arson fire kills 87 in New York City social club. |
| 24 May 1990 | Oakland, CA | 0 | 2 | TER-left | two Earth First! members injured while transporting bomb in car. |
| 5 Nov 1990 | New York City, NY | 1 | 0 | TER-islm | Rabbi Meir Kahane assassinated in New York by Al-Sayyid Abdulazziz Nossair. |
| 25 Feb 1991 | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 0 | TER-islm | Mustafa Shalabi killed in Brooklyn by Islamic group members. |
| 1 Mar 1992 | MN | 0 | 0 | THW | Minnesota Patriots Council plots to assassinate law enforcement officials using ricin. |
| 26 Mar 1992 | Franklin Lakes, NJ | 1 | 0 | TER-islm | Parivash Rafizadeh, wife of former senior officer in Iranian Shah's SAVAK, shot in Franklin Lakes, NJ, near her home. |
| 19 Apr 1992 | Ruby Ridge, ID | 2 | 0 | CRI | federal marshals in shootout with white supremacist Randy Weaver in Idaho kill his wife and son. |
| 27 Apr 1992 | Los Angeles, CA | 58 | CRI | black riots in Los Angeles, CA, 27 Apr-2 May, following not guilty verdict in trial of four policemen for beating black offender; 58 killed. | |
| 25 Jan 1993 | Langley, VA | 2 | 3 | TER-islm | Mir Amail Kansi, an Afghan Islamist, shot several CIA employees in cars in front of CIA headquarters in Langley, VA; 2 killed and 3 injured. |
| 26 Feb 1993 | New York City, NY | 6 | 1040 | TER-islm | bombing at World Trade Center, New York City, NY; truck bomb in basement parking garage started fire; 5 Islamic suspects arrested in March; 6 killed, 1,040 injured; damages estimated at $550 million to $1.1 billion. |
| 28 Feb 1993 | Waco, TX | 76 | Branch Davidian cult members kill 4 ATF agents, injure 16, when agents raided their compound in Waco, TX; 10 cult members killed; compound was seiged until 19 Apr when cult leader David Koresh burned the compound following another attempted raid; total 76 killed. | ||
| 10 Mar 1993 | Pensacola, FL | 1 | 0 | TER-right | Abortionist David Gunn shot and killed in Pensacola, FL, by abortion opponent. |
| 22 Jun 1993 | Tiburon, CA | 0 | 1 | TER-unab | bomb injures scientist from University of California |
| 24 Jun 1993 | New Haven, CT | 0 | 1 | TER-unab | bomb injures professor at Yale University |
| 24 Jun 1993 | New York City, NY | 0 | 0 | THW | Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and others arrested for role in World Trade Center bombing, thwarting plans to bomb United Nation Headquarters, the Lincoln Tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, the George Washington Bridge, and FBI offices in New York City |
| 1 Jul 1993 | Los Angeles, CA | 0 | 0 | THW | FBI arrests skinheads planning to machine gun worshippers at First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles in hopes of starting a race war. |
| 19 Aug 1993 | Wichita, KS | 0 | 1 | TER-right | Abortionist George Tiller shot and injured at an abortion clinic |
| 14 Dec 1993 | Long Island, NY | 6 | 17 | TER-left | Colin Ferguson shot and killed 6, injured 17 on Long Island, NY, train, professing hatred of whites. |
| 1 Mar 1994 | New York City, NY | 1 | 3 | TER-islm | gunman fires at van of Orthodox Jewish students at the Brooklyn Bridge |
| 26 Apr 1994 | Colorado Springs, CO | 1 | 1 | mail bomb kills man in Colorado Springs, CO, and injures his wife. | |
| 29 Jul 1994 | Pensacola, FL | 2 | 1 | TER-right | abortion opponent shot and killed abortionist and his bodyguard and injured abortionist's wife in Pensacola, FL. |
| 12 Sep 1994 | Washington, DC | 1 | 0 | TER | Frank Corder flew Cessna from MD into White House, striking tree near President's bedroom, killing himself and causing damage to White House. |
| 29 Oct 1994 | Washington, DC | 0 | 0 | THW | lone gunman with semi-automatic weapon fires shots at White House from sidewalk in front on Pennsylvania Avenue. |
| 10 Dec 1994 | North Caldwell, NJ | 1 | 0 | TER-unab | Unabomber mail bomb kills New York advertising executive Thomas Mosser in North Caldwell, NJ. |
| 30 Dec 1994 | Brookline, MA | 2 | 5 | TER-right | gunman kills 2 abortion clinic workers in MA, then drives to Norfolk, VA, and fires on clinic before arrest. |
| 19 Apr 1995 | Oklahoma City, OK | 169 | 675 | TER-right | At 9:02 AM a explosion from a truck bomb caused the partial collapse of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The explosion resulted from a 2,000-kg ammonium nitrate/fuel oil bomb in a truck parked in front of the building. The 168 killed included 15 children in a day care center on the second floor, 30 visitors (including 4 more children), one person outdoors, and 3 people in nearby buildings. Injuries numbered 675, including 166 in the Murrah building, 413 in nearby buildings, 60 outdoors, and 36 in unknown locations. One rescue worker also died of injuries sustained during recovery efforts. Timothy McVeigh was arrested 30 km away at 9:10 AM on a traffic violation and charged with the bombing on April 21. McVeigh held anti-government views and choose the target as a federal building with a BATF office on the second anniversary of the federal raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. Outside experts have questioned some conclusions of federal investigators and argue that demolition charges would have had to have been emplaced within the building. |
| 24 Apr 1995 | Sacramento, CA | 1 | 0 | TER-unab | Unabomber mail bomb kills Gilbert Murray, president of California Forestry Assn., at office. |
| 1 May 1995 | Washington, DC | 0 | 2 | THW | man with unloaded gun scales White House fence; jumper and Secret Service agent shot and injured by another guard. |
| 12 Sep 1995 | Essex, MD | 5 | 0 | CRI | car bomb kills 5 at shopping mall in Essex, MD, in apparent murder plot. |
| 10 Oct 1995 | Hyder, AZ | 1 | 100 | CRI | Amtrak train derailed near Hyder, AZ, by sabotage to tracks with nearby note claiming responsibility by Sons of Gestapo, later attributed to railroad employee; 1 killed, 100 injured. |
| 23 Dec 1995 | AR | 1 | 0 | THW | Thomas Lewis Lavy arrested in Arkansas for possession of ricin, a biotoxin; Lavy commits suicide the next day. |
| 27 Feb 1996 | Houston, TX | 0 | 1 | CRI | A radiography company, Larpen of Texas, possessed two cobalt-60 sources (35.3 curies and 8.6 curies) for radiography cameras when it went bankrupt in 1992. The Texas Bureau of Radiation Control ordered the sources impounded in place in October 1992, and requested proper disposal of the sources in 1994. The Bureau had the door to the storage facility welded shut later in 1994, and expressed concern about the source security after the remaining structures were demolished in 1995-1996. On 27 February 1996 three thieves broke into the storage facility and stole the sources to sell them as scrap metal. The buyer took them to a recycling facility where they were declined because they were radioactive. When they were returned to the scrap yard, the delivery man threw the unshielded 35.3 curie source on the ground. The Bureau of Radiation Control recovered the two sources from the scrap yard on 5 March. The delivery man sustained radiation burns on the right thumb and middle finger. Small doses were incurred by scrap yard workers, two children of the scrap yard owner, five investigating police officers, and two Bureau personnel. The three thieves and three people at the scrap yard were arrested. |
| 1 Jun 1996 | NY | 0 | 0 | THW | several individuals arrested in plot to kill Republican officials; seized weapons included radioactive materials. |
| 1 Jun 1996 | NY | 0 | 0 | THW | several individuals arrested in New York planning to kill Republican officials; seized weapons included radioactive materials. |
| 17 Jul 1996 | Long Island, NY | 230 | 0 | ACC | mid-air explosion of TWA 800 |
| 27 Jul 1996 | Atlanta, GA | 2 | 110 | TER-right | pipe bomb explodes in park at night concert at Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA; 1 killed, 1 died nearby of heart attack, 110 injured. |
| 2 Jan 1997 | 0 | 0 | TER | letter bombs received at Egyptian newspaper offices in Washington, DC, New York City, and a prison in Leavenworth Kansas; similar device exploded at Egyptian newspaper office in London, UK, injuring 2 guards. | |
| 22 Feb 1997 | Atlanta, GA | 0 | 4 | TER-right | bomb explodes in Atlanta, GA, nightclub frequented by homosexuals; 4 injured. |
| 23 Feb 1997 | New York City, NY | 2 | 6 | TER-islm | Lone Palestinian gunman fired on tourists on observation deck of Empire State Building, New York City; Danish national was killed and other tourists injured before gunman killed himself. |
| 26 Mar 1997 | Rancho Sante Fe, CA | 39 | 0 | CRI | discovery of mass suicide by 39 members of Heaven's Gate cult in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, tied by cult members to Comet Hale-Bopp. |
| 16 May 1997 | 0 | 0 | THW | James Dalton Bell allegedly investigates toxins for use in assassinating government officials. | |
| 29 Jan 1998 | Birmingham, AL | 1 | 1 | TER-right | bombing at abortion clinic in Birmingham, AL, kills one guard and injures a nurse; Eric Rudolph suspected in case. |
| 24 Mar 1998 | Jonesboro, AR | 5 | 11 | CRI | Two students engaged in a shooting attack on Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas. After one of the pair pulled a fire alarm, prompting evacuation of the school, the two students fired on students and teachers leaving the building. Four students and 1 teacher were killed; 9 students and two adults were injured. |
| 24 Jul 1998 | Washington, DC | 2 | 2 | TER | gunman enters U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC, and kills two guards; one tourist and the gunman are injured. |
| 23 Oct 1998 | Amherst, NY | 1 | 0 | TER-right | abortionist shot and killed at his home |
| 20 Apr 1999 | Littleton, CO | 15 | 27 | CRI | Two students engagd in a shooting attack on their school, Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered the school about 11:00 AM, shooting several students in a stairway. They shot one student outside and additional students en route to the library, where more were shot. The perpetrators went to the cafeteria and unsuccessfully tried to detonate two propane bombs, after which they returned to the library and committed suicide. Arriving police were uncertain of the situation, with the result that the school was not fully evacuated until at least 4 PM. Those killed included 12 students ages 15 to 18, one teacher, and the two perpetrators. Injured included 21 students ages 15 to 18 and two teachers. |
| 10 Aug 1999 | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 5 | TER-right | shooting attack at Jewish daycare by white supremacist |
| 31 Oct 1999 | Atlantic Ocean, MA | 217 | 0 | TER-islm | An Egypt Air Boeing 767 crashed off the coast of Massachusetts after departing New York City bound for Cario. The crash occurred at 1:52 AM, 33 minutes after takeoff near Nantucket Island. U.S. authorities have concluded that the Egyptian relief first officer intentional crashed the aircraft. Flight data suggests that he shut off the engines and put the aircraft into a steep dive; a second crewmember unsuccessfully struggled for control of the aircraft, which broke apart from aerodynamic stresses and crashed. |
| 14 Dec 1999 | Port Angeles, WA | 0 | 0 | THW | terrorist arrested crossing from Canada with material to bomb Los Angeles International Airport |
| 7 Feb 2001 | Washington, DC | 0 | 1 | THW | gunman fires on the White House from outside the perimeter fence; gunman is shot and injured by a guard |
| 11 Sep 2001 | New York City, NY | 2759 | 8700 | TER-islm | Four jetliners on domestic flights from northeastern U.S. airports were hijacked and crashed, three into buildings. Four or five hijackers aboard each aircraft used utility knives to subdue the crew, with a hijacker with flight training taking control of each aircraft. At 8:46 AM American Flight 11 was flown into floors 94 to 99 of the World Trade Center's north tower in New York City. At 9:03 AM United Flight 175 was flown into floors 78 to 84 of the Center's south tower. Both crashes resulted in fires which eventually weakened the towers' structural steel, causing the complete collapse of the south tower at 10:05 AM and the north tower at 10:28 AM. Most people not trapped by the fires had been evacuated from the towers at that point; however, hundreds of police officers and firefighters were in the towers. The World Trade Center collapse caused fires and/or collapses of several nearby buildings, particularly World Trade Center 7 at 5:20 PM. Fatalities due to the Trade Center strikes remain uncertain at 2,759 dead; another 43 missing could not be conclusively linked to the World Trade Center site. These figures include 343 firefighters, 60 police officers, 158 aboard the two aircraft, and 2,235 workers and visitors at the Trade Center. Fatalities aboard the aircraft include 88 passengers and crew on American Flight 11, 60 passengers and crew on United Flight 175, and 5 terrorists on each plane. Total fatalities at the Trade Center site include several hundred citizens of foreign countries: 27 were foreign residents (11 of the UK); 568 were born abroad. Foreigners included individuals from the United Kingdom, India, Columbia, Pakistan, Israel, and Puerto Rico. Another 8,700 were injured, of whom 6,391 received treatment. The attacks were conducted by Al Qaeda with the operation overseen by Osama bin Laden. The United States subsequently assisted opposition forces in Afghanistan in the overthrown of its Taliban ruling party, which has sheltered Al Qaeda. |
| 11 Sep 2001 | Somerset County, PA | 45 | 0 | TER-islm | Passengers on the fourth jetliner, United Flight 93, learned of these events via cellular phones and attacked the hijackers; this aircraft crashed into a field in Somerset county, south central Pennsylvania, killing all 45 aboard (including 4 terrorists), at 10:10 AM. The hijackers of this plane are believed to have intended to strike a site in Washington, DC, most likely the Capitol Building. |
| 11 Sep 2001 | Alexandria, VA | 189 | 200 | TER-islm | At 9:43 AM American Flight 77 was flown into the Pentagon in Alexandria, Virginia, causing a fire and partial collapse of a limited section at 10:10 AM. This killed 125 Pentagon personnel, injured 200, and killed all 64 aboard the aircraft, including 5 terrorists. The section of the Pentagon that was struck was being renovated, contributing to the low casualty count. |
| 18 Sep 2001 | West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | 10 | TER | anthrax-laced letters mailed to West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, and New York City, New York |
| 9 Oct 2001 | Washington, DC | 4 | 7 | TER | anthrax-laced letters mailed to Washington, DC |
| 22 Dec 2001 | Atlantic Ocean, FL | 0 | 1 | THW | British citizen prevented from igniting shoe bomb on flight from Paris to Miami |
| 8 May 2002 | Chicago, IL | 0 | 0 | THW | U.S. citizen arrested for seeking to use dirty bomb in US |
| 4 Jul 2002 | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 4 | TER-islm | Egyptian gunman kills two Israelis, injures four at the El Al ticket counter at the Los Angeles International Airport |
| 5 Sep 2002 | Clinton, MD | 0 | 1 | TER-bws | owner of Italian restaurant shot in robbery by Beltway snipers |
| 10 Sep 2002 | Lackawanna, NY | 0 | 0 | THW | 6 U.S. citizens arrested for terrorist connections |
| 21 Sep 2002 | Montgomery, AL | 1 | 1 | TER-bws | liquor store employees shot in robbery by Beltway snipers |
| 2 Oct 2002 | Glenmont, MD | 1 | 0 | TER-bws | 1 killed at grocery store by Beltway snipers |
| 3 Oct 2002 | Aspen Hill, MD | 5 | 0 | TER-bws | 5 killed in separate shootings by Beltway snipers |
| 4 Oct 2002 | Spotsylvania County, VA | 1 | 0 | TER-bws | 1 killed at shopping mall by Beltway snipers |
| 7 Oct 2002 | Bowie, MD | 0 | 1 | TER-bws | 1 child injured at a middle school by Beltway snipers |
| 9 Oct 2002 | Manassas, VA | 1 | 0 | TER-bws | 1 killed at gas station by Beltway snipers |
| 11 Oct 2002 | Fredericksburg, VA | 1 | 0 | TER-bws | 1 killed at gas station by Beltway snipers |
| 14 Oct 2002 | Falls Church, VA | 1 | 0 | TER-bws | 1 killed at shopping mall by Beltway snipers |
| 19 Oct 2002 | Ashland, VA | 1 | 0 | TER-bws | 1 killed at restaurant by Beltway snipers |
| 22 Oct 2002 | Aspen Hill, MD | 1 | 0 | TER-bws | 1 bus driver killed by Beltway snipers |
| 19 Mar 2003 | New York City, NY | 0 | 0 | THW | U.S. citizen arrested for planning to sabotage Brooklyn Bridge |
| 1 Jun 2003 | Alexandria, VA | 0 | 0 | THW | 11 arrested for planning attacks on U.S. servicemen |
| 28 Nov 2003 | Columbus, OH | 0 | 0 | THW | arrest of terrorist plotting to bomb shopping mall in Columbus |
| 1 Aug 2004 | New York City, NY | 0 | 0 | THW | 2 arrested planning to bomb Penn Station during Republican National Convention |
| 1 Aug 2004 | 0 | 0 | THW | 2 arrested plotting assassination of Pakistani diplomat | |
| 3 Aug 2004 | New York City, NY | 0 | 0 | THW | terror cell leader arrested in London for planning attacks on financial centers in the US |
| 21 Mar 2005 | Red Lake, MN | 10 | 7 | CRI | A student walked into a high school at Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, and shot multiple students and adults. Jeff Weise, a homebound student, shot and killed his grandfather and his grandfather's girlfriend. The grandfather was a police officer, and Weise then took two of the grandfather's service weapons and his squad car to Red Lack Senior High School. He entered the school about 2:50 PM, killing a security guard who confronted him, then fired on students and teachers in several classrooms. Within about 10 minutes, four police officers arrived and exchanged gunfight with Weise, after which Weise committed suicide. Five students at the school were killed (four 15-year-olds and one 14-year-old) plus one teacher and one security guard. Another seven students were injured (including four 15-year-olds). |
| 1 Aug 2005 | Los Angeles, CA | 0 | 0 | THW | 4 arrested plotting attacks on Los Angeles targets |
| 29 Nov 2005 | Santa Cruz, CA | 0 | 4 | TER-left | 4 injured, including several children, by incendiary attacks by suspected animal rights activists |
| 5 Dec 2005 | 0 | 0 | THW | 1 arrested plotting attacks on refineries in Wyoming and New Jersey and on the transcontinental pipeline | |
| 5 Mar 2006 | Chapel Hill, NC | 0 | 9 | TER-islm | man drives vehicle into pedestrians at the University of North Carolina |
| 22 Jun 2006 | Chicago, IL | 0 | 0 | THW | 7 arrested planning to bomb the Sears Tower |
| 1 Jul 2006 | New York City, NY | 0 | 0 | THW | 1 arrested planning to bomb train tunnels |
| 28 Jul 2006 | Seattle, WA | 1 | 5 | TER-islm | gunman fires on women at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle |
| 9 Aug 2006 | 0 | 0 | THW | British authorities arrest 24 terrorists planning to use liquid explosives on airlines to attack US targets | |
| 27 Sep 2006 | Bailey, CO | 2 | 5 | CRI | At a high school in Bailey, Colorado, a man entered a classroom about 11:30 AM, fired a warning shot, and selected six female students as hostages before ordered the teacher and other students from the classroom. Several hundred other students in the school were evacuated by police over the next 20 minutes or so. Over the next few hours the man released four hostages, then set a deadline of 4 PM. When it became clear that the man was sexually assaulting the hostages, authorities chose to raid the classroom. The man fatally shot one hostage, then killed himself. |
| 2 Oct 2006 | Nickel Mines, PA | 6 | 5 | CRI | A man entered a one-room Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, about 10:00 AM, and ordered all but ten female students out of the schoolhouse. He then tied up the students and barricaded the doors with prepared wood he had brought to the site. An adult ran to a nearby building to call police; when police arrived, the man shot all the students and then killed himself. Five students died (ages, 7, 7, 8, 12, 13), and one more is not expected to survive. |
| 9 May 2007 | Cherry Hill, NJ | 0 | 0 | THW | 6 arrested plotting armed attack on Fort Dix |
| 3 Jun 2007 | New York City, NY | 0 | 0 | THW | 4 arrested in Trinidad plotting to bomb fuel pipelines near JFK airport |
| 1 Aug 2007 | Clinton, MI | 0 | 1 | CRI | David Hahn was arrested 1 August 2007 for stealing smoke detectors, apparently to collect radioactive sources from them. He was specifically charged with stealing at least 13 smoke detectors (containing americium-241) from several buildings in his apartment complex. At the time his face was covered with open sores reported related to exposure to radioactive materials. On 27 August he plead guilty. On 2 October he was sentenced to a 90-day jail term to be served in six months after he is assessed and treated by doctors at a Veterans Administration Hospital. |
| 24 Feb 2008 | Los Angeles, CA | 0 | 1 | TER-left | animal rights activists attempt home invasion of biomedical researcher, injuring the researcher's husband |
| 27 Jul 2008 | Knoxville, TN | 2 | 7 | TER | gunman fires on congregation at a church |
| 31 May 2009 | Wichita, KS | 1 | 0 | TER-right | one doctor killed (George Tiller) in shooting attack at Reformation Lutheran Church, Wichita, Kansas. |
| 1 Jun 2009 | Little Rock, AR | 1 | 1 | TER-islm | one Army private killed (William Long), second injured in shooting attack at Army Navy Career Center, Little Rock, Arkansas. |
| 10 Jun 2009 | Washington, DC | 1 | 1 | TER-right | one guard killed (Stephen Johns) in shooting attack at the Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C. |
| 11 Sep 2009 | Owosso, MI | 2 | 0 | TER-left | abortion protester shot and killed outside a school; the gunman also killed an area businessman |
| 24 Sep 2009 | Dallas, TX | 0 | 0 | THW | terrorist arrested planning to bomb Dallas Fountain Place |
| 5 Nov 2009 | Foot Hood, TX | 13 | 30 | TER-islm | shooting at Soldier Readiness Center |
| 25 Dec 2009 | MI | 0 | 2 | TER-islm | Yemeni terrorist attempts to detonate bomb on flight from Amsterdam to Detroit; bomb only ignites, and passengers and crew subdue the terrorist |
| 18 Feb 2010 | Austin, TX | 2 | 2 | TER | suicide crash of small plane into federal office building |
| 4 Mar 2010 | Alexandria, VA | 1 | 2 | TER | shooting at gate outside Pentagon; gunman killed |
| 1 May 2010 | New York City, NY | 0 | 0 | THW | failed car bombing in Times Square by Pakistani terrorists |
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