1971 John McKerr (49), a father of two, was shot dead in Ballymurphy, West Belfast, the last of eleven unarmed civilians with no paramilitary affiliations killed by the British Parachute Regiment in that area over a three-day period. 1919 Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate and philanthropist who donated c. $350 million to charities, foundations … Read more
1971 Internment was introduced by the Stormont government with the arrest of 342 men, of whom 226 were detained. Thirteen lives were lost that day during widespread violence, particularly in West and North Belfast. 1920 The Restoration of Order in Ireland Act extended the terms of the Defence of the Realm Act (1914) to allow … Read more
1980 Five adults and five children died in a fire at the Central Hotel, Bundoran, Co. Donegal. 1969 Bulmer Hobson, leading member of the Irish Volunteers and IRB prior to the Easter Rising, died. 1966 The Chinese Communist Party central committee endorsed Chairman Mao Zedong’s ‘Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution’, which was to claim the lives … Read more
1962 Marilyn Monroe (36), film actress, died in Los Angeles.
1961 Barack Hussein Obama, 44th and current president of the United States and great-great-great-grandson of Fulmouth Kearney of Moneygall, Co. Offaly, born in Honolulu, Hawaii. 1927 John Dillon (75), land agitator and Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) MP (1880–1918) who made a famous speech in the House of Commons in defence of the leaders of the … Read more