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1974
Labour won the General Election with an overall majority of three seats and Harold Wilson became Prime Minister.
October 10, 1974
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1865
Magee College is opened as a combined arts and Presbyterian theological college in Derry-Londonderry
October 10, 1865
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1819
Birth in Templemore, Co. Tipperary of Charles Stanley Monck, the first Governor General of Canada
October 10, 1819
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1790
Birth in Co. Tipperary of Fr. Theobald Matthew, “The Apostle of Temperance” and campaigner against alcohol
October 10, 1790
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1771
During his visit to Ireland, Benjamin Franklin attends a meeting of the House of Commons on this date
October 10, 1771
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