1971 Clifford Loring (18) of the Royal Artillery Regiment was shot dead by an IRA sniper whilst on checkpoint duty in West Belfast, the 35th death since the introduction of internment that month.
1994 The IRA announced a ‘complete cessation of military operations’.
1997 Diana, Princess of Wales (36), was killed in a road traffic accident in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris. Her funeral, a week later, attracted a worldwide television audience of over one billion.
1969 Figures published showed that ten deaths had occurred in Northern Ireland during the violence of July/August; 154 people had suffered gunshot wounds and 745 had been injured in other ways; 170 homes had been destroyed and another 417 damaged. Catholic-owned or occupied property accounted for 83.5% of the damage.
1994 The IRA announced ‘a complete cessation of military operations’.
1767 Henry Joy McCracken, United Irishman, born in High Street, Belfast.
2003 The remains of Jean McConville (38), a widowed mother of ten who had been ‘disappeared’ by the IRA in December 1972, were discovered on Templetown beach on the Cooley peninsula, Co. Louth.
1994 After a 25-year campaign, the IRA announced ‘a complete cessation of violence’.
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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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1920 Recruitment began, mainly from among demobilised British Army officers, into a new force—the ‘Auxiliary Division’—to augment the RIC.
1939 Michael Longley, poet, notable for ‘Gorse Fires’ (1991), ‘The Weather in Japan’ (2000) and ‘The Stairwell’ (2014), born in Belfast of English parents.
2004 Bob Tisdall (96), Olympic gold medal-winner in the 400m hurdles (Los Angeles, 1932) in a world record time of 51.7 seconds—which was not recognised under the rules at the time because he had hit a hurdle—died.
1866 The SS Great Eastern completed the laying of a transatlantic telegraph cable between Valentia Island, Co. Kerry, and Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.
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