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Birmingham pub bombing  

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  • The 1974 bombing of two pubs in the city of Birmingham, England, thought to be the work of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), killed 21 people. It was the most fatal attack on English soil during the 30-year struggle over the fate of Northern Ireland. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Birmingham Pub Bombing]

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