1916 The two-day Battle of Jutland, the first and only meeting between the German High Seas Fleet and the British Grand Fleet, began.
1962 Adolf Eichmann was executed in Ramleh Prison near Tel Aviv for his part in the wartime mass execution of millions of Jews.
1941 Over a 37-minute period in the early hours of the morning four German bombs were dropped on Dublin, hitting the Phoenix Park, North Circular Road, Summerhill and the North Strand. The latter—a 500lb bomb—killed 29, injured a further 90 and left at least 500 people homeless.
1906 Michael Davitt, agrarian radical, journalist and ‘father of the Land League’, died.
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Personal Histories
Personal Histories is an initiative by History Ireland,
which aims to capture the individual histories of Irish
people both in Ireland and around the world. It is hoped
to build an extensive database reflecting Irish lives,
giving them a chance to be heard, remembered and to
add their voice to the historical record.
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1970 Bank strike in the Republic of Ireland (until 17 November).
1919 Professor J.P. Mahaffy (80), scholar, provost of TCD since 1914, died.
1970 In Northern Ireland the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) assumed the duties of the Ulster Special Constabulary (‘B’ Specials), now officially stood down. Over the 22 years of the regiment’s existence 192 members, mainly off-duty, were shot dead by republican paramilitaries.
1923 James Larkin returned to Ireland from the USA. A month later, his disagreements with William O’Brien of the ITGWU would split the labour movement.
2008 Bertie Ahern became the sixth Irish leader to address both houses of the US Congress.
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