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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US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
The Altamont free concert occurred.
Scientists discovered the most distant supermassive black hole.
Spanish conquistadors founded the city of Quito.
James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of the Water premiered in London.