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On This Day April 26 1980 – The FBI Detonated a Bomb at Harvey's Hotel in South Lake Tahoe

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Pete has published a news story:

On This Day April 26 1980 – The FBI Detonated a Bomb at Harvey's Hotel in South Lake Tahoe.

On this day April 26 1980, a tense standoff reached its explosive end as the FBI detonated a powerful bomb inside Harvey’s Resort Hotel and Casino in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The incident began days earlier when several men disguised as delivery workers wheeled in a massive booby trapped device, demanding millions in ransom.

The machine was expertly constructed and armed with intricate failsafes that made disarming it nearly impossible. The perpetrators left behind a ransom note warning...
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