Bloody Sunday and the 1972 Northern Ireland crisis rise
The IRA under Martin McGuinness set roadblocks in Londonderry blocking Catholic districts. British paratroopers confronted an illegal march, killing 13 unarmed protesters. Public support for the IRA grew as Britain assumed direct control and 1972 became the deadliest year with over 470 killed.
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IRA
Londonderry
Martin McGuinness
Northern Ireland
Britain
Timeline of pivotal world events from 1547 to 1978
The passage lists major historical moments and figures: Henry VIII dies and Edward VI ascends in 1547, Franco-Prussian War ends in 1871, 1915 Coast Guard creation, Challenger disaster in 1986, Kansas statehood in 1861, Gandhi assassination in 1948, Explorer 1 launch in 1958, Ham the chimp in 1961, Brexit in 2020, Selma arrests in 1965, Cajon Pass derailment in 1996, Columbia disaster in 2003, Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty in 1848, Groundhog Day 1887, Grand Central Terminal 1913, Stalingrad 1943, 15th and 16th Amendments 1870 and 1913, Buddy Holly plane crash 1959, Kennedy Cuba ban 1962, boxing match 1978.
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Henry VIII
England
Edward VI
France
Germany
Congress
U.S. Coast Guard
Christa McAuliffe
Linda Poole
Omaha
Nebraska
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Virginia
Guadalupe Hidalgo
United States
Mexico
Gobbler’s Knob
Punxsutawney
Pennsylvania
Grand Central Terminal
New York City
Stalingrad
Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valens
J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson
Clear Lake
Iowa
John Kennedy
Cuba
Wilfred Benitez
Bruce Curry
Madison Square Garden
New York
Benitez
Curry
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Martin Luther King Jr
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