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Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player…
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during…
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during…
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a bus carrying British Army soldiers in Northern Ireland,…
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a bus carrying British Army soldiers in Northern Ireland,…
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher gave a landmark speech at the Belfry of Bruges, Belgium, against federalism…
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher gave a landmark speech at the Belfry of Bruges, Belgium, against federalism…
A British Special Air Service unit ambushed a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit in Loughgall, Northern Irelan
A British Special Air Service unit ambushed a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit in Loughgall, Northern Irelan
Mass protests demanding direct presidential elections broke out across South Korea
Cold War: During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate by the Berlin Wall, US president Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leade
Cold War: During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate by the Berlin Wall, US president Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leade
The Basque separatist group ETA detonated a car bomb at a Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona, killing 21 people and i
Iran–Iraq War: In opposition to the American plan to protect Kuwaiti tankers, Iran laid mines and damaged the…
While he was abroad, Burundian president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed in a military coup d'état by Pierre Buyoya.
While he was abroad, Burundian president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed in a military coup d'état by Pierre Buyoya.
The Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace, having hypothetically been at war for 335 years without a single
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (pictured) near Chernobyl, Ukrainian SSR, suffered a steam explosion, resulting in a f
A stationary front began over the central Caribbean Sea, leading to severe floods that over two weeks killed dozens of p
The Animal Liberation Front raided a laboratory at the University of California, Riverside, rescuing 467 animals and cau