Ireland

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Birth of Sir Charles Brett, architectural historian

ireland

Voting age for women reduced from, 30 to, 21, the same as for men.

ireland

Peter Barry, Fine Gael politician, is born in Co. Cork

ireland

Announcement of the discovery of penicillin by Ayrshire-born Sir Alexander Fleming.

ireland

The first professional artist ever to appear on British television, Irishwoman Miss Peg O’Neil, gives a charming entertainment, chatting and smiling, and telling Irish stories. The broadcast takes place at Olympia on the first day of the Radio Exhibitio

ireland

William Trevor, pseudonym of William Trevor Cox, short-story writer and novelist, is born in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork

ireland

The Galway Gaelic Theatre, opens with Micheál Mac Liammóirs production of Diarmuid agus Gráinne

ireland

John B. Keane, born

ireland