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Pope John Paul II in Glasgow.
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First Premium Bond prizes were drawn by the computer Ernie (Electronic random number indicator equipment).
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First TV license issued in Britain, costing £2.
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Eamon DeValera begins his tour of the USA to raise money and support for the IRAs war against England
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First Tay rail bridge opens. It was to collapse, 18 months later in the Tay Bridge Disaster.
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American Fenians led by General John ONeill invade Canada and capture Fort Erie.
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Renegade Irish Fenians invade Ft. Erie Ontario from the US
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Birth of Hugh Thomson, illustrator, in Coleraine, Co. Derry-Londonderry
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The Magnetc Telegraph Company links Britain and Ireland via submarine telegraph cable
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Dr Henry Faulds, who established the uniqueness of fingerprints, born in Beith, Ayrshire.
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Poet and songwriter Robert Allan died in New York
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Birth in Callan, Co. Kilkenny of Edmund Ignatius Rice, educator, philanthropist, and the founder of the Irish Christian Brothers Order
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Covenanters defeated John Graham of Claverhouse at Drumclog.
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