August 31

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 ... Read more

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