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Damage estimated to cost £15,000 caused by fans who dug up the pitch at Wembley after Scotland defeated England, 2-1.
Damage estimated to cost £15,000 caused by fans who dug up the pitch at Wembley after Scotland defeated England, 2-1. …

Evacuation of Dunkirk (which began on May 27) was completed., 338,226 soldiers were brought back to the UK by the little ships.
Evacuation of Dunkirk (which began on May 27) was completed., 338,226 soldiers were brought back to the UK by the little ships. …

Winston Churchill made his speech to the nation saying - We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hill
Winston Churchill made his speech to the nation saying - We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hill …

Charlotte Grace OBrien, Irish social reformer dies
Charlotte Grace OBrien, Irish social reformer dies …

Robert Dudley Edwards, historian, is born in Dublin
Robert Dudley Edwards, historian, is born in Dublin …

Months of serious rioting begin in Belfast on this date
Months of serious rioting begin in Belfast on this date …

Neilí Ni Bhriain, Irish Gaelic League activist, is born
Neilí Ni Bhriain, Irish Gaelic League activist, is born …

Bob Fitzsimmons, Cornish boxer, worlds middleweight champion 1891- worlds heavyweight champion 1897- born.
Bob Fitzsimmons, Cornish boxer, worlds middleweight champion 1891- worlds heavyweight champion 1897- born. …

Great Reform Bill, which disenfranchised rotten burghs, came into force.
Great Reform Bill, which disenfranchised rotten burghs, came into force. …

Henry Grattan, the moving force behind the Irish Parliament at College Green before it was dissolved by the Act of Union, dies and is buried - against his wishes - in Westminster Abbey
Henry Grattan, the moving force behind the Irish Parliament at College Green before it was dissolved by the Act of Union, dies and is buried - against his wishes - in Westminster Abbey …