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.
Lady Nancy Astor became the first woman to become a member of the British House of Commons.
Explorer Richard E. Byrd became the first person to fly over the South Pole.
The US SM-65 Atlas missile completed the first successful intercontinental ballistic missile launch.
The Marianna Coal Mine in Pennsylvania exploded and killed 154 men.
