The bombing of the Los Angeles Times building happened on this day in 1910. Two brothers who were union members--John J. and James B. McNamara--were mad at the newspaper for publishing anti-union editorials, so they, uh, bombed the building. James B. admitted to setting the explosive and was sentenced to life in prison. John J. was sentenced to 15 years for bombing something else, then returned as a union organizer.
The bombing left 21 newspaper employees dead and 100 injured.
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