Symbionese Liberation Army Timeline of Events

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Symbionese Liberation Army

The Symbionese Liberation Army was an American self-styled left-wing urban militant group active between 1973 and 1975 that considered itself a revolutionary vanguard army...

Timeline of Events

1973

3.5.1973

Donald DeFreeze, the future Symbionese Liberation Army leader, escapes from Vacaville Prison.

1974

2.4.1974

The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.

2.23.1974

The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.

5.17.1974

Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.

1978

8.31.1978

William and Emily Harris, founders of the Symbionese Liberation Army, plead guilty to the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst.