1996 Death Patrick McGeown, politician, Belfast City Council councilor, volunteer, Provisional Irish Republican Army, participant, Irish hunger strike, 1981, dies at 40 from a heart attack 1994 Death Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter, dies at 73 1993 Event 7 killed by IRA-bomb attack in Belfast 1993 Event IRA bomb attack on fish and chips restaurant in Belfast, 10 killed 1981 Event Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-month hunger strike 1976 Event 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast 1972 Event Bloody Friday: 22 IRA-bombs explode in Belfast 1967 Birthday Derek Porter, Belfast Ireland, Canadian rower, Olympic-gold/silver-92/96 1964 Birthday Richard Dunwoody, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, British jockey in National Hunt Racing, won King George VI Chase four times on the famous grey Desert Orchid in 1989 and 1990 1960 Birthday Kenneth Branagh, born in Belfast, actor and director, High Season, Dead Again 1960 Birthday Jim Reilly, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, second drummer for Stiff Little Fingers, a Northern Ireland punk band, played for U.S. bands Red Rockers and The Raindogs 1956 Birthday Patrick McGeown, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, politician, Belfast City Council councilor, volunteer, Provisional Irish Republican Army, participant, Irish hunger strike, 1981 1955 Birthday Frankie Kennedy, born in Belfast, Ireland, Irish flute player, tin whistle player, co-founder of the band Altan 1954 Birthday Sammy McIlroy, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football 1947 Birthday Eric Bell, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy 1944 Birthday Alan Henderson, Belfast, rock bassist, Them 1942 Birthday Billy Harrison, Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist, Them 1939 Birthday James Galway, born in Belfast. Ireland, flutist, 18k gold flute, Royal Phil 1933 Death William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88 1930 Birthday Heather Harper, born in Belfast, Ireland, soprano, known for role of Elsa in Lohengrin, by Wagner, Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, by Britten 1926 Birthday Lord Fitt, MP, Belfast Ireland 1921 Birthday Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter 1911 Birthday Arthur Vick, vice chancelor, Queens University, Belfast 1900 Birthday Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress, Let's Go 1888 Birthday Cathleen Nesbitt, Belfast Ireland, actress, Agatha-Farmer's Daughter 1880 Birthday Una O'Connor, Belfast Ireland, actress, David Copperfield 1845 Birthday William Muldoon, Belfast, New York, boxing commissioner, help find PAL 1813 Birthday Thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist, ozone
