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Boston Marathon bombings

2013 terrorist event in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Summary

Boston Marathon bombings is an explosion[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of explosion entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,497 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Boston[3], Cambridge[4], Watertown[5]
  • Country: United States[6]
  • Instance of: terrorist attack[7], bomb attack[8]
  • Location: Boston[9]
  • Commons category: 2013 Boston Marathon bombings[10]
  • Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[11]
  • Archives at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries[12]
  • Armament: improvised explosive device[13]
  • Point in time: April 15, 2013[14]
  • Sport: athletics[15]
  • Participant: Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev[16]
  • Significant event: 2013 Boston Marathon[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Boston Marathon bombing[18]
  • Number of deaths: 3[19]
  • Number of injured: 264[20]
  • Present in work: Patriots Day[21]
  • Sports discipline competed in: marathon[22]
  • Number of perpetrators: 2[23]

Why It Matters

Boston Marathon bombings has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Fox News. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . archivesspace.mit.edu. archivesspace.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Boston Marathon bombing
    Sport → athletics
    Point in time → +2013-04-15T00:00:00Z
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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