A Real IRA car bomb exploded in front of the BBC’s headquarters in London, injuring one person.
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The Soviet Union's Vega 1 Space Probe began sending back images of Halley's Comet.
The silent horror movie ''Nosferatu" was released in Berlin, making it the first-ever vampire movie.
The Second Anglo-Dutch War began as England fought the Dutch republic for the control of seas and trade routes.
France became the first country in the world to include access to abortion in its constitution.
The United States Department of Labor was formed.
