A six-day siege began in London when an IRA unit took a couple hostage in their flat while fleeing the police.
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Starbucks opened its largest cafe in the world in Shanghai, at 29,000 square-feet, which is 1/2 the size of a football field.
James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of the Water premiered in London.
US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
Hasbro was founded as Hassenfeld Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island.
Finland declared its independence from the Russian Empire.
