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*18 April 1913: A suffragette plot to blow up the [[grandstand]] at [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] [[Crystal Palace National Sports Centre|football ground]] on the eve of the [[1913 FA Cup Final]] is foiled.<ref>‘Cup Plot’, ''Shipley Times and Express'', 11 April 1913</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kay|first=Joyce|date=2008-09-01|title=It Wasn't Just Emily Davison! Sport, Suffrage and Society in Edwardian Britain|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09523360802212271|journal=The International Journal of the History of Sport|volume=25|issue=10|page=1345|doi=10.1080/09523360802212271|hdl=1893/765|s2cid=154063364|issn=0952-3367|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
*May 1913: Three London postmen are injured by their exposure to noxious substances the suffragettes purposely placed in pillar boxes.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Walker|first=Rebecca|date=2020-01-02|title=Deeds, Not Words: The Suffragettes and Early Terrorism in the City of London|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03058034.2019.1687222|journal=The London Journal|volume=45|issue=1|pages=57, 62|doi=10.1080/03058034.2019.1687222|s2cid=212994082|issn=0305-8034}}</ref><ref name="Ditrych" />
*2 May 1913: The suffragettes plant a highly unstable [[nitroglycerine]] bomb on the platform at [[Piccadilly Circus tube station]]. Although it had the potential to harm many members of the public, the bomb is successfully diffused.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph |date=1913-05-03|url-access = subscription|archive-url = httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20230422092227/https://www.nytimes.com/1913/05/03/archives/bomb-conspiracy-alarms-london-bottle-of-explosive-found-in-tube.html|issn=0362-4331|archive-date = 22 April 2023|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/05/03/archives/bomb-conspiracy-alarms-london-bottle-of-explosive-found-in-tube.html |title=BOMB CONSPIRACY ALARMS LONDON; Bottle of Explosive Found in Tube Station -- Chemist Involved in Suffragette Plottings}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Wilson|first=Ray|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kulHCgAAQBAJ|title=Special Branch: A History: 1883-2006|date=2015-08-20|publisher=Biteback Publishing|pages=140–143 |isbn=978-1-84954-963-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Webb|first=Simon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2RtBQAAQBAJ|title=The Suffragette Bombers: Britain's Forgotten Terrorists|date=2014-07-02 |publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-78340-064-5|language=en}}</ref>
*7 May 1913: A bomb is planted by the suffragettes at [[St. Paul's Cathedral]], London, but it is discovered.<ref name="Walker">{{Cite journal|last=Walker|first=Rebecca|date=2020-01-02|title=Deeds, Not Words: The Suffragettes and Early Terrorism in the City of London|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03058034.2019.1687222|journal=The London Journal|volume=45|issue=1|page=58|doi=10.1080/03058034.2019.1687222|s2cid=212994082|issn=0305-8034}}</ref>
*10 May 1913: A suffragette bomb is discovered in the waiting room at [[Liverpool Street Station]], covered with iron nuts and bolts intended to maximise damage to property or anyone in proximity.<ref name="Walker"/>
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