Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was confined to permanent quarantine on North Brother Island in New York.
21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
21st November 2020
Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for the derelict St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin.
On the 21st May 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to make a solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic when he flew 3,600 miles from New York to Paris.
The Easter Rising began in Dublin, with the aim of securing an independent Irish Republic.
On the 17th March 1766, the first recorded St Patrick’s Day parade took place…in New York.
On the 15th February 1971, the United Kingdom and Ireland abandoned their old currency of pounds, shillings and pence and introduced a decimalised system.
On the 13th February 1689, William and Mary became co-regents of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland after agreeing to the Declaration of Right.
The Battle of the Bogside began in Derry, Northern Ireland, marking one of the first major conflicts of The Troubles.
On June 11th 1837, the Broad Street Riot broke out in Boston, Massachusetts, between Irish immigrants and existing American citizens known as Yankees.
On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles I.
13th April 1919: British troops commit the Amritsar Massacre
13th April 2021
12th April 1945: Harry Truman becomes president of the USA
12th April 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019