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Nicaragua Free Elections
On this day, the effect of allowing people to vote in free elections had been very well demonstrated. Anyone running under the Sandinistas ticket had lost. This happened after a year of opposition by...
Major Art Theft
Two thieves disguised as Policemen steal 12 works of art from the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston including works by Rembrandt, Degas, Vermeer and others valued in excess of 300 million dollars whic...
Strangeways Prison Riot
A thousand prisoners run amok in Strangeways Prison in Manchester in a violent riot setting fire to the chapel and gymnasium, and a number of prison cells, the inmates are protesting the primitive co...
UK Poll Tax Demonstrations
The worst violence seen so far in the series of Anti Poll Tax demonstrations erupted in London during the largest rally when nearly 100,000 people take to the streets in protest at the new government ...
Happy Land Social Club Fire New York
A fire at an unlicensed social club called "Happy Land" in New York City with blocked fire escapes and no alarms or sprinkler systems kills 87 people, most of them Honduran and Dominican immigrants. ...
Chemical Weapons Plant Libya
A Libyan plant that was allegedly used to produce chemical weapons was burned. As a result, Libya had closed its borders and maintained a high security alert. The fire started had started was report...