1. Jews blew themselves up in 1945 - King David Hotel.
2. Japanese blew themselves up in WW-II. KAMIKAZE.
3. LTTE started the suicide bombing campaign. Assasination of Indian PM, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi.
4. Crusades. Knights Templar destroyed one of their own ships, killing 140 Christians in order to kill ten times as many Muslims.
5. Belgian Revolution, when the Dutch Lieutenant Jan van Speijk detonated his own ship in the harbour of Antwerp to prevent being captured by the Belgians.
6. Belgian Revolution, when the Dutch Lieutenant Jan van Speijk detonated his own ship in the harbour of Antwerp to prevent being captured by the Belgians.
7. African American soldiers in the Union Army conducted a suicide attack against a Confederate position in South Carolina, as honored in the 1988 film "Glory."