may 25, 1978 - Bomb 1 - Northwestern University

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On May 25-26, a package found in a University of Illinois parking lot is taken to Northwestern University and explodes when opened by security guard.

Kaczynski's first mail bomb was directed at Buckley Crist, a professor of materials engineering at Northwestern University. On May 25, 1978, a package bearing Crist's return address was found in a parking lot at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The package was "returned" to Crist who was suspicious because he had not sent the package, so he contacted campus police. Officer Terry Marker opened the package, which exploded and injured his left hand.

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