Today in Irish History - December (Nollaig) 20th 1638 - Birth of Narcissus Marsh, provost of Trinity College Dublin and founder of Marshs Library - the oldest public library in Ireland. 1645 - Edward Worcester, Earl of Glamorgan, aristocrat and inventor, is sent to Ireland to raise troops for the king; he makes two secret treaties with the confederates - one on the 25 August and the other on this date. 1769 - Sir Martin Shee, portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy, is born in Dublin. 1780 - John Wilson Croker, politician and essayist, is born in Galway. 1799 - Nicholas Callan, priest, physicist, writer, and inventor of the induction coil, is born in Dromiskin, Co. Louth. 1819 - John Geary, 1st San Francisco postmaster, 1st mayor (May 1, 1850). 1859 - Birth of Kuno Meyer, Irish Celtic scholar. 1865 - Birth in Dublin of Maud Gonne McBride, revolutionary and patriot, who dedicates her life to the attainment of an independent Irish nation. 1898 - Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville KY, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama, My Favorite Wife). 1902 - The Dunraven land conference, representing landlords and tenants, opens at the Mansion House, Dublin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Dunraven_and_Mount-Earl en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Land_Acts 1909 – Ireland’s first cinematographic theatre, the Volta, opens in Dublin, under the managership of James Joyce. 1918 - Eugene ONeills Moon of the Caribees premieres in New York NY. 1944 - Terence Rattigan’s O Mistress Mine premiered in London. 1950 - The Industrial Development Authority is founded in the Republic. 1950 - Harvey, starring James Stewart, premieres in New York. 1961 - Robert McGladdery is hanged in Belfast for murder: his is the last judicial execution in Ireland. 1971 - Roy O Disney, Brother of Walt, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 78. 1972 - Five civilians (four Catholics, one Protestant) were killed in gun attack on the Top of the Hill Bar in Derry.[25] It is believed the UDA was responsible. 1976 - Richard J Daley, Chicago mayor dies at 74. 1998 - There is renewed speculation that the IRA will make a token gesture on the issue of decommissioning before 1998 passes into history. 2000 - The bomb making capacity of dissident terrorists is severely dented with the seizure of almost 400 sticks of Frangex commercial plastic explosive in Co. Kilkenny. 2000 - The Guinness Book of World Records confirms that an eight-inch egg laid by Queen Maeve, a Belclare duck owned by the Costello family of Galway, is the world�s largest. 2001 - The first casualty of the proposed 250 job cuts at the Irish Times is the Chairman of the Trust, Major Thomas McDowell, who earns close to �500,000 a year. 2004 - Thieves stole more than $39 million from the Belfast headquarters of Northern Bank, the biggest robbery in Northern Ireland history.
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