<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles" id="mwATo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a>: British troops are deployed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland" id="mwATs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Northern_Ireland_riots" id="mwATw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1969 Northern Ireland riots">political and sectarian violence breaks out</a>, marking the start of the 37-year <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Banner" id="mwAT0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Banner">Operation Banner</a>.<sup about="#mwt202" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-38"}}' id="cite_ref-38" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_14#cite_note-38" id="mwAT4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 38;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAT8">[38]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-38"><cite about="#mwt199" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCNk"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-49348406" id="mwCNo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Service in Staffordshire marks 50 years since start of Operation Banner"</a>. <i id="mwCNs">BBC News</i>. 14 August 2019<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCNw">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCN0">15 March</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt199" class="Z3988" id="mwCN4" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC+News&amp;rft.atitle=Service+in+Staffordshire+marks+50+years+since+start+of+Operation+Banner&amp;rft.date=2019-08-14&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fuk-england-49348406&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+14"></span></span>