Ireland

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Viscount Cunningham, British admiral issued his command Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass

ireland

Aircraft carrier HMS Dasher blew up and sank off the island of Arran, loss of 350 crew

ireland

First US troops (over, 10,000 men) disembark from Queen Mary on the River Clyde.

ireland

Prince George, the Duke of Kent, brother of King George VI, killed when his flying boat crashed into Eagles Rock in Caithness, apparently en route to Iceland.

ireland

Mary MacSwiney, Irish patriot, dies

ireland

Charles Harper, born

ireland

Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, killed

ireland

Stephen Hayes, a former IRA chief of staff, is kidnapped on 30 June; he later claims to have been court martialled and tortured by the IRA; Seán McCaughey is convicted of his kidnapping on this date

ireland