When was the bombing for which The Balmoral Furniture Company bombing was thought to be a retaliation for?
McGurk's Bar bombing On 4 December 1971, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a bomb at McGurk's Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The pub was frequented by Irish Catholics/nationalists. The explosion caused the building to collapse, killing fifteen Catholic civilians—including two children—and wounding seventeen more. It was the deadliest attack in Belfast during the Troubles.
Bombardment of Almería The Bombardment of Almería was a naval action which took place on 31 May 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. The "Kriegsmarine" bombed the city of Almeria in retaliation for a Republican air attack on the German cruiser "Deutschland".