What the records say
- When
- 1 Oct 1910
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Killed
- 21
- Coordinates
- 34.05° N, 118.25° W
Los Angeles Times bombing
1910 bombing by trade union activists
On October 1, 1910, union members belonging to the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers (IW) detonated explosives they placed in the Los Angeles Times Building in Los Angeles, California, starting a fire that killed 21 people and injured more than 100 others. It was termed the "crime of the century" by the Los Angeles Times newspaper, which occupied the building.
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