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The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern
LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board
Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II
Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka
Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U
An alleged state of war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace bringing an end
The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden, l
The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the
The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the
Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes on Air Lanka Flight 512 at Colombo airport
The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U
Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel
Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sw
University of California, Riverside 1985 laboratory raid: Animal Liberation Front rescues 467 animals being tested in a
The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in
The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in
Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he mak
Police bombed MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 c
Police bomb MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 cit