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  Rudolf Hess, Hitlers Deputy, Descended by Parachute Into Scotland at Eaglesham.May 10, 1941Scotland
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  Last Major Bombing Attack on the Clyde Area by the LuftwaffeMay 6, 1941Ireland
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  Eric Liddell, Chariots of Fire, DiedFebruary 21, 1941Ireland
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  SS Politician Ran Aground on Eriskay in the Outer HebridesFebruary 4, 1941Scotland
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  The Emergency Powers Act Provides for the Censorship of Press Messages to Places Outside the Free StateJanuary 28, 1941Ireland
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  James Joyce, Irish Author, DiedJanuary 13, 1941Ireland
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  Poet and Dramatist Tom McGrath Born in Rutherglen.October 23, 1940Ireland
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  German Aircraft Bomb a Creamery at Campile, Co. Wexford; Three Women Are KilledAugust 26, 1940Ireland
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  1,800 Million Pounds of Gold Sails From the River ClydeJuly 5, 1940Ireland
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  Birth of Craig BrownJuly 1, 1940Scotland
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  RMS Queen Mary, Aquitania, Empress of Canada, and Empress of Britain Arrive in the River Clyde With TroopsJune 14, 1940Scotland
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  Willie John McBride, Ireland and Lions Rugby Captain, Is Born in Toomebridge, Co. AntrimJune 6, 1940Ireland
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  Evacuation of Dunkirk (Which Began on May 27) Was Completed., 338,226 Soldiers Were Brought Back to the UK by the Little Ships.June 4, 1940Ireland
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  Winston Churchill Made His Speech to the NationJune 4, 1940Ireland
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  Proinsias De Rossa, Politician and Leader of Democratic Left, Is Born in DublinMay 15, 1940Ireland
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  Footballer Denis Law Who Played for Manchester United and Scotland, BornFebruary 24, 1940Scotland
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  John Buchan, Author and Politician, Died in CanadaFebruary 11, 1940Canada
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  HMS Duchess, Accidentally Rammed by a Battleship in Thick Fog, Sunk With Heavy Loss of Life December 12, 1939England
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  The Cork Opera House Is Destroyed by FireDecember 12, 1939Ireland
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  Four Senior IRA Men Executed by the Provisional Government Are Executed Without TrialDecember 8, 1939Ireland
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  Sir James Galway, Born in BelfastDecember 8, 1939Ireland
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  Sinéad O'Connor, Irish Singer, BornDecember 8, 1939Ireland
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  Birth of Luke Kelly of the DublinersNovember 17, 1939Ireland
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  The First Bombs in WW2 Dropped on British Soil Was in the Shetland IslandsNovember 13, 1939Scotland
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  City of Glasgow Fighter Squadron (No, 602) Shoots Down the First Enemy Aircraft Over Britain After an Attack on the River Forth.October 16, 1939Scotland
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  German Submarine Sank HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, Orkney, With the Loss Of, 810 Lives.October 14, 1939Ireland
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  Dáil Éireann Introduces InternmentJune 23, 1939Ireland
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  Sir Jackie Stewart, Three-Times World Motor Racing Champion, Born in Dunbartonshire.June 10, 1939Ireland
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  John Sheahan, Fiddle Player With the Dubliners, Is BornMay 19, 1939Ireland
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  The First Aircraft Lands at the Newly Opened Rineanna Airfield Which Is Later to Become Shannon International AirportMay 18, 1939Ireland
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  Cosmo Cinema in Rose Street, Glasgow Opened Its Doors for the First TimeMay 18, 1939Scotland
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  De Valera States His Intention to Preserve Irish Neutrality in the Event of a Second World WarFebruary 19, 1939Ireland
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  William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet, DiesJanuary 28, 1939Ireland
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  IRA Army Council Declare War on EnglandJanuary 15, 1939Ireland
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  First Publication of the Newspaper Irish FreedomJanuary 6, 1939Ireland
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  Frank Patterson, Tenor, Is Born in Clonmel, Co. TipperaryOctober 5, 1938Ireland
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  The, 80,000-Ton Liner Queen Elizabeth, Then the Largest Passenger Ship Ever Built, Launched at John Browns Shipyard, Clydebank.September 27, 1938Ireland
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  John Smith, Politician and Leader of the Labour Party, Born at Dalmally, Argyll.September 13, 1938Ireland
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  Beano Comic, 1st PublishedJuly 30, 1938Ireland
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  Gas Masks Issued to Civilians Prior to WW2July 9, 1938England
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  Dr. Douglas Hyde Inaugurated as First President of IrelandJune 25, 1938Ireland
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  Robert and Edward Kennedy, Open the Children’s Zoo in Regent’s ParkJune 2, 1938Ireland
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  The Marquess of Bute Sold Half of the City of Cardiff for £20 Million, at That Time the Biggest-Ever British Property DealMay 17, 1938Wales
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  David Steel, (Lord Steel of Aikwood), Politician and Former Leader of the Liberal Party, Born.March 31, 1938Scotland
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  Cartoon Character Desperate Dan First Appeared in the Dandy ComicDecember 4, 1937Scotland
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  Ramsay MacDonald, First UK Labour Prime Minister, Died Aboard Reina Del PacificoNovember 9, 1937England
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  Ten Young Men, Potato-Pickers From Achill Island, Die When a Bothy Catches Fire on a Farm at Kirkintilloch, ScotlandSeptember 17, 1937Scotland
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  The First Traffic Lights in the Free State Are Installed at the Junction of Merrion Square and Clare StreetAugust 27, 1937Ireland
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  Birth of Donald Dewar, Former Secretary of State for Scotland and First Minister in the New Scottish Parliament.August 21, 1937Scotland
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  Dave Allen, BornJuly 6, 1937Ireland