1918 A week after being ordered by the imperial naval command to sail out and make a last stand in the North Sea against the British, crews of the German fleet at Kiel, on the Baltic coast, mutinied. 1917 Conor Cruise O’Brien, writer, historian, academic and politician, born in Dublin. 1917 The Balfour Declaration—Arthur Balfour, … Read more
1986 At a Sinn Féin Árd Fheis, delegates voted to change the party’s constitution to allow members to sit in Dáil Éireann. Gerry Adams (37) was elected president. 1815 George Boole, the founder of pure mathematics and of computer science, first professor of mathematics at Queen’s College, Cork (1849), born in Lincoln.
1919 IRA Lt. Martin Savage was killed during a failed attempt to assassinate the viceroy, Lord French, in Ashtown, Co. Dublin. 1974 Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh was inaugurated as the fifth president of Ireland. 1972 NASA’s Apollo program, which began in 1968, during which twelve men walked on the moon, concluded with the safe return of … Read more
1971 John Barnhill (65), a Unionist senator in the Stormont parliament and businessman, was shot dead by the Official IRA at his home near Strabane, Co. Tyrone. 2000 With just five more weeks in office, US President Bill Clinton landed in Dublin on his third visit to Ireland. From there he proceeded to an open-air … Read more
1920 Martial law was proclaimed in counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary. 1998 John Hume, leader of the SDLP, and David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 1974 Four Protestant clergymen met with Provisional IRA leaders in Feakle, Co. Clare. Over a week later, the IRA declared a … Read more