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Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London, killing…
Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London, killing…
After a 66-day hunger strike, Irish republican Bobby Sands died of starvation in HM Prison Maze
An organized mob of police and government-sponsored Sinhalese paramilitary forces began three days of attacks that led t
An organized mob of police and government-sponsored Sinhalese paramilitary forces began three days of attacks that led t
The Israeli Air Force attacked a nuclear reactor under the assumption that it was about to start producing plutonium to
The Israeli Air Force attacked a nuclear reactor under the assumption that it was about to start producing plutonium to
Amid a widespread economic crisis and food shortages in Poland, up to 50,000 people, mostly women and children, took…
Robert Mugabe became the first prime minister of Zimbabwe, beginning a 37-year period in power
The British Special Air Service recaptured the Iranian embassy in London following a six-day siege after Iranian Arab se
Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador across the Sumpul River to Honduras were attacked by both Salv
Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashed near Almaty International Airport in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day…
Blair Peach, a New Zealand teacher, was fatally injured while taking part in an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a
Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom
Prominent Iranian Jew Habib Elghanian was executed after having been convicted by a revolutionary tribunal of various ch
Having invaded Uganda and deposed President Idi Amin, Tanzanian forces secured Uganda's western border, ending a seven-m
Having invaded Uganda and deposed President Idi Amin, Tanzanian forces secured Uganda's western border, ending a seven-m
Jerry Rawlings came to power in Ghana as chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
Bill Stewart, an American journalist, was executed by Nicaraguan Guardia forces