December 19

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

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