Mary J. Blige’s album “What’s the 411?” was released by Uptown Records and MCA Records.
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The Soviet Union launched its second reconnaissance satellite, Kosmos 4.
Meghan Markle became the first-ever guest editor for UK Vogue.
The United States ratified the 14th Amendment to allow former slaves citizenship in the US.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) called for an end to 36 years of bloody conflict with the UK.
English poet Henry James Pye became Poet Laureate in the United Kingdom.