ON THIS DAY: October 12th, 1984. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to assassinate members of the British government at the Grand H
ON THIS DAY: October 12th, 1984. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to assassinate members of the British government at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. A time-delay bomb had been planted in the bathroom wall of Room 629 a month earlier by Patrick Magee. Five people were killed, including the Conservative MP and Deputy Chief Whip, Sir Anthony Berry, and a further 31 were injured. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher narrowly escaped the explosion. It has been suggested that this event was the most serious attempt to blow up the British Government since the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
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