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{{complex|date=October 2011‎}}
{{update|date=May 2012}}

The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered [[terrorism]].

''Note: there is no single accepted definition of terrorism in common use.  Incidents listed here are commonly called terrorism, or meet some of the commonly used criteria.''

==17th century==
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* [[1975]] [[Tel Aviv Savoy Hotel]] guest attacked by [[Palestinian]] [[PLO]] terrorists
* [[1975]] July 31: Three members of Ireland's popular Miami Showband killed in [[UVF]] gun attack.
* [[1976]] Hijacking of [[Air France]] [[Air France Flight 139|Flight 139]] (Tel-Aviv-Paris) and the following [[Operation Entebbe]]
* [[1976]] [[Orlando Letelier]] assassinated in Washington by [[Chile]]an government
* [[1976]] 73 died when a [[Cubana]] aircraft was bombed while flyin
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* [[1977]], [[April 7]] Federal Prosecutor [[Siegfried Buback]] and his driver were shot by two [[Red Army Faction]] members.
* [[1977]], [[July 30]] [[Jürgen Ponto]], then head of the [[Dresdner Bank]], was shot and killed by the [[Red Army Faction]] in a kidnapping failed.
* [[1977]], [[September 5]] [[Hanns Martin Schleyer]] was kidnapped by the [[Red Army Faction]]. He was murdered by the [[Red Army Faction]] on [[October 19]] [[1977]].
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* 2004 Islamic militants seize hostages at a compound housing foreign oil workers; at least 25 are killed.

See also: [[aircraft hijacking]], [[Palestinian terrorism]], [[American terrorism]], [[Israeli terrorism]], [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]], [[suicide bombing]], [[List of massacres]], [[assassination]]s, [[Dupont Plaza Hotel]], [[GIA]]

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