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August 30, 1974: The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters bombing

On this day in 1974, a leftist/anarchist Japanese terrorist group bombed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Tokyo for their support to the US in the Vietnam War.

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Simultaneous bombings in near Saigon floating restaurant (June 26, 1965)

The Viet Cong is believed to have been behind a 1965 twin bombing at the My Canh restaurant in Saigon that killed 31, including five US servicemen.

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Weather Underground bomb plot (June 17, 1974)

On this day in 1974, the leftist Weather Underground bombed the HQ of the Gulf Oil Company in Pittsburgh to protest the firm’s actions in Angola.