1922 The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was formed. Including the Ulster Special Constabulary, by the early summer there were some 50,000 employed as regular or part-time policemen in Northern Ireland.
1869 Margaret Tennant, pioneer in public social work, who was chief adviser on women’s welfare in the Ministry of Munitions during the First World War, born in Rathgar, Dublin.
1916 Gregory Peck, Hollywood actor and distant relative of revolutionary Thomas Ashe (1885–1917), born in San Diego, California.