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The Brighton bombing in 1984 was the most audacious terrorist attack ever on the British Government. Certainly it was the most ambitious since the Gunpowder plot of 1605. The Provisional I.R.A. detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel on 12th October 1984. Most of the Government were staying at the hotel at the time. The Conservative party was holding its annual conference in the town. Five people were killed in the explosion, and more than thirty were injured. It came very close to wiping out most of the Government, including the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. The I.R.A.'s Patrick Magee had bo

Thatcher, Margaret --- Major, John Roy, --- Major, John, --- Mėĭdzhor, Dzh., --- Мэйджор, Дж., --- Mėĭdzhor, D., --- Мэйджор, Д., --- Roberts, Margaret Hilda --- She-chʻi-erh, Ma-ko-li-tʻe --- Tėtcher, M. --- Tėtcher, Margaret Khilʹda --- Assassination attempts. --- Irish Republican Army. --- Irish Volunteers --- Provisional IRA --- Armata repubblicana irlandese --- Armée républicaine irlandaise --- I.R.A. --- IRA --- Official IRA --- Oglaig na h-Éireann --- Great Britain --- Politics and government