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Two days after the Westminster Abbey bombing, a second suffragette bomb was discovered before it could explode in St Paul's Cathedral. [2] Annie Kenney also attempted a second bombing of the Church of St John the Evangelist in Smith Square, Westminster on 12 July, placing a bomb underneath a pew during a sermon before leaving. [92]
13 June 1914: Bomb found in a church at Aston-on-Trent. [76] 15 June 1914: Bomb explodes at St George's church in Hanover Square, Westminster, London. [76] 16 June 1914: A suffragette is arrested in possession of a bomb at a horse show in Olympia, London. [77] 8 July 1914: Two bombs are found at the cottage of Scottish historical figure Robert ...
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. The bombing was committed by a white supremacist terrorist group.
The explosion started a fire in the church. The suffragettes are responsible. [130] [154] [149] 11 May 1914: A bomb is discovered before it can explode in the Metropolitan Tabernacle church, London. The bomb was placed by the suffragettes. [133] 11 June 1914: A bomb explodes at Westminster Abbey; damaging the Coronation Chair. The suffragettes ...
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1962 December 14 At Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, a third bomb blew out the church windows. 1963 August 10 St. James United Methodist Church of Birmingham, Alabama, was destroyed by a "gasoline fire bomb." [2] 1963 September 15 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed during a Sunday church service. Twenty ...
Both suffragettes and police spoke of a "Reign of Terror"; newspaper headlines referred to "Suffragette Terrorism". [45] One suffragette, Emily Davison, died under the King's horse, Anmer, at The Derby on 4 June 1913. It is debated whether she was trying to pull down the horse, attach a suffragette scarf or banner to it, or commit suicide to ...
Emmeline Pankhurst (/ ˈ p æ ŋ k h ɜːr s t /; [1] née Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist [2] who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women to win in 1918 the right to vote in Great Britain and Ireland.