September 18

1967 Sir John Cockcroft (70), British physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for splitting the atom with Irishman Ernest Walton (1903–95), died. 1964 Seán O’Casey (84), playwright, died. 1914 The Home Rule Act was suspended for the duration of the war. 1867 Col. Thomas J. Kelly (Head Centre of the IRB) and Capt. ... Read more

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