Sterling Hall bombing

Sterling Hall bombing
Part of the opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam
Sterling Hall
Location	Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates	43°04′27″N 89°24′19″W / 43.074278°N 89.405408°W / 43.074278; -89.405408
Date	August 24, 1970 3:42 am (UTC-5)
Target	Army Mathematics Research Center, Sterling Hall, UW–Madison
Attack type	Car bombing of a school building
Weapons	Car bomb (ammonium nitrate)
Deaths	1
Injured	3
Perpetrators	Karleton Armstrong, Dwight Armstrong, David Fine and Leo Burt
Motive	Protest against the Vietnam War

The Sterling Hall bombing occurred on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on August 24, 1970, and was committed by four men as an action against the university's research connections with the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. It resulted in the death of a university physics researcher and injuries to three others.