June 01
Published in On this Day listing- 1921 The Kerry IRA ambushed a detachment of Black and Tans and RIC at Castlemaine, Co. Kerry, killing three, including an RIC district inspector. The IRA lost one Volunteer.
- 1984 US President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, arrived on a four-day official visit to the Republic of Ireland.
- 1968 Helen Keller (87), deaf-blind American political activist and writer, died.
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