1871 The Great Fire of Chicago broke out, reputedly in Mrs O’Leary’s barn, when a cow upset a lantern. Over three days c. 300 lives were lost and over 100,000 residents left homeless. 1974 Seán MacBride became the first Irish citizen to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. 1967 Clement Attlee (84), Labour prime minister of the ... Read more
