Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but was thwarted by United States Secret Service agent Larry M. Buendorf and by the fact that she failed to chamber a round in the 1911 pistol she was attempting to use. She's later claim she'd intentionally ejected the round, and one was found in her apartment.
The Provisional IRA bombed the London Hilton.
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