1917 Edgar Degas (83), French painter regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, over half of whose works depict dancers, died. 1972 NIHE Limerick was officially opened by Taoiseach […]
Read More →1819 Birth of Gustave Courbet, French painter—notably of A Burial at Ornans (1850–1)—and pioneer of nineteenth-century realism. 1967 Spencer Treacy (67), acclaimed Hollywood actor who won consecutive Academy Awards for Best […]
Read More →1997 The Labour Party, led by Tony Blair, won the British general election by a landslide, ending eighteen years of Conservative rule. 1943 Sir Basil Brooke became prime minister of Northern […]
Read More →1908 Luke Livingstone Macassey (c. 65), civil engineer and barrister, died. Macassey is remembered as Belfast’s ‘water hero’, the visionary engineer who brought a reliable supply of clean water to […]
Read More →1992 In the Westminster election the Conservatives, under John Major, were returned to power. Joe Hendron (SDLP) ousted Gerry Adams (SF) in West Belfast. 1947 Desmond Fitzgerald, journalist and Cumann […]
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