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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Taylor Swift was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year.
Finland declared its independence from the Russian Empire.
US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of the Water premiered in London.
A first edition of 'The Birds of America' by John James Audubon was auctioned at Sotheby's, London, England, for £7,321,250 ($10 million) – which took the record for any book at auction.
