Women voted in a general election for the first time in New Zealand.
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Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed British soldiers near Kilmichael in County Cork.
East Timor declared its independence from Portugal.
The Marianna Coal Mine in Pennsylvania exploded and killed 154 men.
Prime Minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher, handed in her resignation to the Queen and stepped down after being prime minister for 11 years.
The US SM-65 Atlas missile completed the first successful intercontinental ballistic missile launch.
