December 23

1920 The Sinn Féin president, Éamon de Valera, returned to Ireland after an eighteen-month fund-raising tour of the United States. 1920 The Act for the Better Government of Ireland created the states of Northern Ireland (six counties) and Southern Ireland (26 counties). 1996 Sophie Toscan du Plantier (39), French film producer, was murdered outside her holiday ... Read more

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