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Events on Friday 25 August 1939 1
1939IRA bombing in CoventryA bicycle bomb kills five in a city centre streetA bomb left in a bicycle basket exploded in Broadgate, Coventry, during the IRA's S-Plan campaign in Britain. Five people died and dozens were injured. Two Irishmen were hanged for the attack in 1940.