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  1. www.britannica.com › event › Atlanta-Olympic-GamesAtlanta Olympic Games bombing of 1996 - Britannica

    Mar 29, 2024 · On July 27, 1996, a single homemade pipe bomb left in a knapsack exploded amid a crowd of spectators in Centennial Olympic Park, near the main sites of the Olympic Games in Atlanta. The blast caused by the crude device killed one person and injured 112 others.

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  2. www.si.com › olympics › 2012/07/24An oral history of the bombing that rocked the 1996 Atlanta Games

    Jul 24, 2012 · The Atlanta Olympics -- the Centennial Games -- opened the night of July 19, 1996, when Janet Evans passed the torch to Muhammad Ali, who lit the cauldron in one of the most indelible moments in...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombingCentennial Olympic Park bombing - Wikipedia

    The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist pipe bombing attack on Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, July 27, 1996, during the Summer Olympics. The blast directly killed one person and injured 111 others; another person later died of a heart attack.

    • July 27, 1996, 1:20 am (UTC-4)
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    • 2 (1 directly, 1 indirectly)

  5. www.atlasobscura.com › articles › in-1988-one-rogueIn 1988, One Rogue Worm Shut Down 10 Percent Of The Internet

    Nov 3, 2015 · On November 3rd, 1988, about 6,000 internet users booted up their systems and noticed something strange. Normally speedy programs were moving like molasses. Networks, riddled with weird...

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  6. www.fbi.gov › news › storiesThe Morris Worm — FBI

    Nov 2, 2018 · At around 8:30 p.m. on November 2, 1988, a maliciously clever program was unleashed on the Internet from a computer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This cyber worm was...

  7. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › bombing-atBombing at Centennial Olympic Park | July 27, 1996 | HISTORY

    Feb 9, 2010 · In Atlanta, Georgia, the XXVI Summer Olympiad is disrupted by the explosion of a nail-laden pipe bomb in Centennial Olympic Park.

  8. time.com › 4417773The Summer Olympics Bombing in Atlanta: 20th Anniversary | TIME

    Jul 27, 2016 · P recisely 20 years ago—on July 27, 1996—terror struck the Summer Olympics in Atlanta when a pipe bomb exploded during a concert at Centennial Olympic Park, killing one mother and...