August 1981 - August 29, 1981 (Saturday)

August 29, 1981 (Saturday)

  • Two men from the Abu Nidal organization fired guns and threw grenades into a synagogue on Vienna's Seitenstettengasse during worship services. Police who were guarding the building fought a gunbattle with the terrorists before arresting them. In the crossfire, two bystanders were killed and 15 others wounded in the crossfire. Nobody inside the synagogue was hurt.
  • Died: Lowell Thomas, 89, American journalist and broadcaster

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