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Kate O'Brien, Irish writer, dies
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The Health Act extends the powers of county councils and provides maternity care
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The first issue of Workers’ Republic
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Birth of John Logie Baird, developer of television.
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Special committee appointed to investigate Parnells ties to Phoenix Park murders
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First issue of United Ireland, Parnellite weekly
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Birth of Otto Jaffe in Hamburg
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Rene T.H. Laennec, Breton inventor of the stethoscope, died
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Explorer Alexander Gordon Laing became the first Christian to reach Timbuctu, Africa.
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Birth of Sir George Gabriel Stokes, mathematician and physicist, in Skreen, Co. Sligo
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The Duke of Schomberg lands at Groomsport with his 10,000 strong Williamite army
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