The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) called for an end to 36 years of bloody conflict with the UK.
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US bomber plane crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, and Lou Oliver survived a 75-story drop in an elevator.
Gangster-drama movie 'On the Waterfront' hit US theaters.
The United States ratified the 14th Amendment to allow former slaves citizenship in the US.
333 US marines invaded Haiti, beginning a 19-year occupation.
The Soviet Union launched its second reconnaissance satellite, Kosmos 4.