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 ceasefire.
1948 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly meeting in Paris.
2013 An Irish delegation, which included President Higgins and the three Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strikers, attended South Africa’s state memorial service in honour of Nelson Mandela.
