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This Happened—​November 21: Birmingham Pub Bombings, IRA Terror

Updated Nov. 21, 2023 at 12:15 p.m.

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) carried out numerous terrorist acts against Britain through the 20th century, but among the bloodiest were the Birmingham Pub Bombings in 1974 at the height of The Troubles.

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