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1. Suffer Little Children - The Smiths - The Moors Murders.

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1. Suffer Little Children - The Smiths - The Moors Murders
2. Belfast Child - Simple Minds - Enniskillen bombing (1987)

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3. I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats ... In January 1979, 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer fires shots at children in a San Diego playground. She kills two adults and injures eight children as well as two policemen. When asked why, she replies, "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day."

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1. Suffer Little Children - The Smiths - The Moors Murders
2. Belfast Child - Simple Minds - Enniskillen bombing (1987)
3. I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats... In January 1979, 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer fires shots at children in a San Diego playground. She kills two adults and injures eight children as well as two policemen. When asked why, she replies, "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day."
4. Hurricane - Bob Dylan (1975)

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1. Suffer Little Children - The Smiths - The Moors Murders
2. Belfast Child - Simple Minds - Enniskillen bombing (1987)
3. I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats... In January 1979, 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer fires shots at children in a San Diego playground. She kills two adults and injures eight children as well as two policemen. When asked why, she replies, "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day."
4. Hurricane - Bob Dylan (1975)
5. Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen -- Charlie Starkweather

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1. Suffer Little Children - The Smiths - The Moors Murders
2. Belfast Child - Simple Minds - Enniskillen bombing (1987)
3. I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats... In January 1979, 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer fires shots at children in a San Diego playground. She kills two adults and injures eight children as well as two policemen. When asked why, she replies, "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day."
4. Hurricane - Bob Dylan (1975)
5. Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen -- Charlie Starkweather
6. Stagger Lee - Grateful Dead --murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton

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1. Suffer Little Children - The Smiths -- The Moors Murders
2. Belfast Child - Simple Minds -- Enniskillen bombing (1987)
3. I Don't Like Mondays -- The Boomtown Rats... In January 1979, 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer fires shots at children in a San Diego playground. She kills two adults and injures eight children as well as two policemen. When asked why, she replies, "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day."
4. Hurricane -- Bob Dylan (1975)
5. Nebraska -- Bruce Springsteen -- Charlie Starkweather
6. Stagger Lee - Grateful Dead -- murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton
7. What's the Frequency, Kenneth? - R.E.M. -- In 1986, CBS News journalist Dan Rather was attacked by two men who kept repeating this question.

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Oh yes I remember when that happened. Without googling it I don't think the culprits were ever identified.

Edit: Here is the main one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather#Notable_incidents_and_controversies

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Thanks for the link.

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1. Suffer Little Children - The Smiths -- The Moors Murders
2. Belfast Child - Simple Minds -- Enniskillen bombing (1987)
3. I Don't Like Mondays -- The Boomtown Rats... In January 1979, 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer fires shots at children in a San Diego playground. She kills two adults and injures eight children as well as two policemen. When asked why, she replies, "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day."
4. Hurricane -- Bob Dylan (1975)
5. Nebraska -- Bruce Springsteen -- Charlie Starkweather
6. Stagger Lee - Grateful Dead -- murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton
7. What's the Frequency, Kenneth? - R.E.M. -- In 1986, CBS News journalist Dan Rather was attacked by two men who kept repeating this question.
8. Zombie - The Cranberries - IRA bombing in Warrington, England 1993

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1. Suffer Little Children - The Smiths -- The Moors Murders
2. Belfast Child - Simple Minds -- Enniskillen bombing (1987)
3. I Don't Like Mondays -- The Boomtown Rats... In January 1979, 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer fires shots at children in a San Diego playground. She kills two adults and injures eight children as well as two policemen. When asked why, she replies, "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day."
4. Hurricane -- Bob Dylan (1975)
5. Nebraska -- Bruce Springsteen -- Charlie Starkweather
6. Stagger Lee - Grateful Dead -- murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton
7. What's the Frequency, Kenneth? - R.E.M. -- In 1986, CBS News journalist Dan Rather was attacked by two men who kept repeating this question.
8. Zombie - The Cranberries - IRA bombing in Warrington, England 1993
9. This Is Not America - Pat Metheny/David Bowie - Christopher Boyce/Andrew Daulton Lee spy activities

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