<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Ewart-Biggs" id="mwATg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Christopher Ewart-Biggs">Christopher Ewart-Biggs</a>, the British ambassador to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" id="mwATk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.