Date: 15 September 1963

Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Type of event: terrorism

Description:

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.

Consequences: 4 killed, 23 injured

References:

• "About the 1963 Birmingham Bombing," on line [http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/randall/birmingham.htm].

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