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Fraunces Tavern bombing  

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  • In 1975, Puerto Rican nationalists bombed Fraunces Tavern, a historic bar and restaurant in New York City. The attack was one of the bloodiest ever perpetrated by the Puerto Rican nationalist group known by the acronym FALN, which eventually claimed responsibility for more than 130 bombings during the late 1970s and 1980s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Fraunces Tavern Bombing]

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  • 1975

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