2006 The St Andrews Agreement between the British and Irish governments and Northern Ireland’s political parties in relation to devolution of power was signed.
1911 Margaret Noble (43), known as Sister Nivedita, Co. Tyrone-born writer, teacher and advocate of Irish and Indian Home Rule, died in West Bengal.
1864 William Pembroke Mulchinock (44), lyricist who wrote The Rose of Tralee, died.
1994 The ‘Combined Loyalist Military Command’, speaking for Loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland, declares a ceasefire in response to the IRA ceasefire of 31 August 1994.
