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Wall Street bombing  

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  • On September 16, 1920, at noon when clerks, receptionists, and brokers were heading for lunch, a horse-drawn cart exploded in front of the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. at the corner of Wall and Broad Streets in downtown New York City. [Source: Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Wall Street Bombing]

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