Ireland

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Madeleine Smith, found not proven for murder in 1857, died peacefully in New York.

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Birth of Sir Charles Brett, architectural historian

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Voting age for women reduced from, 30 to, 21, the same as for men.

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Peter Barry, Fine Gael politician, is born in Co. Cork

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Announcement of the discovery of penicillin by Ayrshire-born Sir Alexander Fleming.

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The first professional artist ever to appear on British television, Irishwoman Miss Peg O’Neil, gives a charming entertainment, chatting and smiling, and telling Irish stories. The broadcast takes place at Olympia on the first day of the Radio Exhibitio

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William Trevor, pseudonym of William Trevor Cox, short-story writer and novelist, is born in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork

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The Galway Gaelic Theatre, opens with Micheál Mac Liammóirs production of Diarmuid agus Gráinne

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