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Cork


1995 Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win vs. WI

1988 Longest champagne cork flight is 177'9 in New York

1971 Roy Keane, born in Cork, Ireland, soccer player, midfielder, manager of Ipswich Town, an English Championship club, represented Republic of Ireland in 1994 World Cup and 2002 World Cup

1971 Dominic Cork, cricketer, England all-rounder Hat-trick vs. WI 1995

1947 Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor, Something for Everyone

1943 Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata)

1923 Edward Mulhare, Cork, Ireland, actor, Daniel Gregg-Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1910 1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series

1892 Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore)

1882 Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor, Gorilla Man, Way Down East

1841 Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (New York City)

1817 1st flower show held, Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland

1796 Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists

1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork


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