1987 The Eksund, carrying 150 tons of armaments believed to be for the IRA, was seized by French customs authorities.
1984 Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India, was assassinated in Delhi by Sikh members of her bodyguard.
1892 Eoin O’Duffy, IRA activist, first commissioner of the Garda Síochána (1922) and Blueshirt leader in the 1930s, born.
1816 ‘The burning of Wild Goose Lodge’, an agrarian outrage on the County Louth/Meath border, in which five residents and three servants died when a property was set on fire by a 100-strong group of men.
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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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