1981 Irish hunger strike
The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The ...
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1974 White House helicopter incident
Private Robert K. Preston enlisted in the Army to become a helicopter pilot. On February 17, 1974, shortly after midnight, ...
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1969 Curaçao uprising
The 1969 Curaçao uprising took place mainly on May 30, but continued into the night of May 31 – June 1, ...
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1966 New York City smog
The 1966 New York City smog was a major air-pollution episode and environmental disaster. The event catalyzed greater national awareness ...
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1964 Brinks Hotel bombing
The Brinks Hotel in Saigon was bombed by the Viet Cong on December 24, 1964. Two Viet Cong operatives detonated ...
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1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing
The 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing in Saigon was an aerial attack on 27 February 1962 by two dissident ...
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1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
On November 11, 1960, a failed coup attempt against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam. The rebels launched the ...
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1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement
The 1958 US–UK Mutual Defense Agreement, or UK–US Mutual Defence Agreement, is a bilateral treaty on nuclear weapons co-operation. It ...
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1954 Guatemalan coup d’état
The 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état, code-named Operation PBSuccess, was a covert operation carried out by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. ...
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1907 Tiflis bank robbery
The 1907 Tiflis Bank Robbery, also known as the Erivansky Square expropriation, was an armed robbery on 26 June 1907. ...
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