After 25 years of fighting with the British, the IRA announced a ceasefire on Britain.
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Hurricane Carol hit Connecticut and Rhode Island.
R&B icon Akon ceremoniously laid the first stone for Akon City, a futuristic Wakanda-like city in Senegal.
Crocker-Woolworth National Bank formed its headquarters in San Francisco.
Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Two of Edvard Munch's stolen artworks were found after being missing for two years.
