august 22nd

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History

Beyond the Fringe, an influential satirical revue, opened in Edinburgh.

August 22, 1960

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The National Guard is banned

August 22, 1933

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Michael Collins - Irish general - killed

August 22, 1922

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Violent clashes in Belfast; 30 people are killed between August 23 and August 31; Catholics are expelled from shipyards and engineering works

August 22, 1920

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Dublin-born WWI ace Dennis Latimer shot down. A Bristol Fighter pilot and the highest scoring ace in 20 Squadron, Latimer shot down 28 enemy aircraft between March and August of 1918. On this date, he and his observer, Lieutenant T.C. Noel, were shot down

August 22, 1918

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Birth of Irish American actor Gene Kelly

August 22, 1912

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Birth in Dublin of Mervyn Wall, writer who wrote under the pseudonym of Eugene Welply

August 22, 1908

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Birth in Belfast of Sean McEntee, Fianna Fail politician

August 22, 1889

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The Land Act gives courts the power to revise and fix rents

August 22, 1887

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Second Gladstone Land Act introduces the three Fs - fair rent, fixity of tenure, free sale - and sets up the Land Commission

August 22, 1881

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First Catholic Synod in Ireland since the Middle Ages in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Paul Cullen summons the synod which runs from this date through September 10

August 22, 1850

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Birth of Sir Alexander Campbell MacKenzie, musician and composer.

August 22, 1847

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John Keegan Casey , Fenian, poet and writer of Rising of the Moon is born near Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

August 22, 1846

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A French force of 1,019 men under General Humbert lands at Killala, Co. Mayo

August 22, 1798

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Frenchman General Humbert proclaims at Ballina, Co. Mayo, Union, liberty, the Irish Republic

August 22, 1798

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Theobald Wolfe Tone publishes An argument on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland

August 22, 1791

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Birth of Walter Hussey (Burgh), lawyer, politician and orator

August 22, 1742

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King Charles I raised his standard at Nottingham, initiating a Civil War in England between the Royalists (also known as Cavaliers) and Parliament (Roundheads).

August 22, 1642

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James VI abducted and taken to the Castle of Ruthven by the Earls of Mar and Gowrie the so-called Ruthven Raid.

August 22, 1582

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James Stewart, Earl of Moray and a half-brother of Mary Queen of Scots, proclaimed Regent of Scotland.

August 22, 1567

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Devorgilla, Countess of Galloway founded Balliol College, Oxford. She was mother of John Balliol (who acceded to the Scottish throne in, 1292).

August 22, 1282

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Battle of the Standard at Northallerton in which King David I was defeated by the English.

August 22, 1138