The teaser trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was released, which first introduced the droid, BB-8.
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Prime Minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher, handed in her resignation to the Queen and stepped down after being prime minister for 11 years.
The US SM-65 Atlas missile completed the first successful intercontinental ballistic missile launch.
Explorer Richard E. Byrd became the first person to fly over the South Pole.
Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed British soldiers near Kilmichael in County Cork.
The Times of London was first issued.
