Ireland

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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

ireland

Arthur Griffin is elected second president of Ireland by Dáil Éireann

ireland

John Redmond, Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party, died

ireland

John MacLean, socialist revolutionary, tried in the High Court for sedition

ireland

Irish Labour Party declares one-day strike in protest over conscription act Anglo-Irish agreements

ireland

A general strike takes place throughout Ireland against the British governments attempts to introduce conscription

ireland

Richard Bagwell, Irish historian, dies

ireland

Muriel Spark, author, born

ireland