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2012 Event - In Dublin, an estimated crowd of 10,000 protesters demonstrated against austerity and called for a general strike to shut down the country

2012 Event - A children's story by James Joyce is published for the first time in Dublin; the story, 'The Cats of Copenhagen' is called an 'outrage'

2011 Event - Queen Elizabeth II visits Ireland's Croke Park in Dublin, where the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1920 occurred during the Irish War of Independence

2010 Event - At an auction in Dublin, a handwritten poem written by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney sells for 4,800 euro

2010 Event - Iceland's volcano causes Britain's two busiest airports to close in addition to Dublin Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

2008 Death - Conor Cruise O'Brien, dies at 91, in his home overlooking Dublin Bay

1993 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Point Theatre, Dublin

1990 Event - Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa," premieres in Dublin

1989 Death - Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63

1983 Birthday - Samantha Mumba, born in Dublin, Ireland, singer, actress, song, 'Gotta Tell You' reached number one in the Irish charts, appeared in movie, 'The Time Machine'

1979 Event - Hugh Leonards "Life," premieres in Dublin

1977 Birthday - Ronan Keating, born in Bayside Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer for Boyzone

1976 Birthday - Shane Lynch, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone

1976 Birthday - Stephen Gately, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone

1974 Birthday - Keith Duffy, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone

1974 Death - Billy Fox, Protestant Dublin MP, assassinated

1972 Birthday - Mikey Graham, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone

1971 Birthday - Kenny Cunningham, born in Dublin, Ireland, professional soccer player, defender, won 70 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team

1968 Birthday - Kent Mercker, Dublin, Ohio, pitcher, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles

1967 Event - Brendan Behans "Norstal Boy," premieres in Dublin

1966 Birthday - Sinead O'Connor, Dublin Ireland, singer, Nothing Compares 2 U

1966 Event - An IRA bomb destroyed Nelson's Column in Dublin

1963 Event - "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater New York City after 4 performances

1963 Event - "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater New York City for 4 performances

1961 Birthday - Larry Mullen, Jr., Dublin Ireland, rock drummer, U2-I Will Follow

1961 Birthday - Mark Kelly, born in Dublin, Ireland, keyboardist, Marillion-Real to Reel

1960 Birthday - Bono Vox, Paul Hauson, Dublin, Ireland, rocker, U2-Joshua Tree

1960 Birthday - Bono, born in Dublin, Ireland, born Paul David Hewson, Irish musician, activist, lead vocalist for rock band U2, 54th most successful songwriter in U.K. singles chart history, activism includes Product Red and the ONE campaign

1957 Birthday - Siobhan Fahey, born in Dublin, rocker, Bananarama-Venus, Shakespear's Sister

1956 Birthday - Liam Brady, born in Dublin, Ireland, professional soccer player, midfielder, assistant manager, Republic of Ireland senior team

1951 Birthday - Bob Geldof, born in Dublin, Ireland, rocker, member of The Boomtown Rats, singer, songwriter, actor, played Pink in "The Wall"

1951 Birthday - Bertie Ahern, Dublin Ireland, Prime Minister of Ireland, 1997 - 2008

1951 Birthday - Phil Lynott, Dublin Ireland, rock bassist, Thin Lizzy

1950 Birthday - Gemma Craven, Dublin, actress, Wagner, Story of Slipper and Rose

1950 Birthday - Gabriel Byrne, Dublin, Ireland, actor, Hello Again, Cool World

1945 Birthday - Brenda Fricker, Dublin Ireland, actress, My Left Foot

1941 Birthday - Fionnula Flanagan, Dublin Ireland, actress, Rich Man Poor Man

1932 Birthday - Christy Brown, born in Dublin, novelist, My Left Foot, Down All the Days

1928 Event - ESL Robinson's "Far-Off Hills," premieres in Dublin

1926 Birthday - Hugh Leonard, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon'

1926 Birthday - Milo O'Shea, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Barbarella, Romeo and Juliet

1926 Event - Sean O'Casey's "Plough and Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin

1924 Event - White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend

1924 Birthday - Sean McClory, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur

1924 Event - Sean O'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock," premieres in Dublin

1923 Event - Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin

1923 Birthday - Brendan Behan, born in Dublin, Ireland, author and poet, Hostage

1922 Event - Republic rebels occupies 4 government courts in Dublin

1922 Event - Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and others occupy Rotunda in Dublin

1921 Birthday - Maureen O'Hara, Fitzsimmons, Dublin, actress, Miracle on 34th St

1921 Event - British troops occupy Dublin

1919 Birthday - Iris Murdoch, born in Dublin, Ireland, novelist, Severed Head, Unicorn

1918 Birthday - Jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor, King Lear, Exorcist

1917 Birthday - Conor Cruise O'Brien, born in Dublin, politician, writer, academic, author, civil servant, Irish government minister

1916 Event - Esme Stuart Lennox Robinsons premieres in Dublin

1916 Event - Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin

1915 Event - St. John Ervine's "John Ferguson," premieres in Dublin

1913 Birthday - Niall MacGinnis, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Curse of the Demon

1912 Birthday - Geraldine Fitzgerald, Dublin Ire, actress, Pawnbroker, Easy Money

1912 Birthday - Ben Hogan, born in Dublin, Texas, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1950, 51, 53

1912 Birthday - Wilfrid Brambell, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Hard Day's Night

1910 Event - JM Synge's "Deirdre of the Sorrows," premieres in Dublin

1907 Event - Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon," premieres in Dublin

1905 Event - Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin

1905 Birthday - Brian Coffey, born in Dublin, Ireland, poet, publisher, influenced by Catholicism, science and philosophy, surrealism, published in the University Review, established Advent Press

1905 Birthday - Denis O'Dea, born in Dublin, actor, Esther and the King, Treasure Island

1904 Event - W B Yeats/Lady Gregory's "On Baile's Strand," premieres in Dublin

1904 Birthday - George Brent, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, 42nd St, Jezebel

1904 Event - John Millington Synges "Well of Saints," premieres in Dublin

1904 Birthday - Sean MacBride, Dublin, statesman/Amnesty International co-founder, Nobel '74

1904 Event - J. M. Synge's "Ruders to the Sea," premieres in Dublin

1903 Event - J. M. Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin

1903 Event - WB Yeats and Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin

1899 Birthday - Elizabeth Bowen, born in Dublin, novelist, Death of the Heart, Encounters

1897 Event - Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)

1896 Birthday - Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor, River, Enchanted Island

1896 Birthday - Jane Wilde, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, poet, activist, nationalist movement supporter, advocate of women's rights

1894 Event - G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min

1893 Birthday - Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress, Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase

1892 Birthday - Patricia Collinge, Dublin Ireland, actress, Tender Comrade

1889 Birthday - Tom Dugan, Dublin Ireland, actor, Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway

1888 Birthday - Barry Fitzgerald, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Academy Award-Going My Way

1882 Death - Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin

1882 Death - Thomas Henry Burke, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin

1879 Birthday - Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress, Blackmail, Storm in a Teacup

1863 Event - City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years

1860 Birthday - Annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner, Abbey Theatre, Dublin

1859 Birthday - Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer, Babes in Toyland

1856 Birthday - George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist, Pygmalion-Nobel 1925

1854 Birthday - Oscar Wilde, born in Dublin, Ireland, 'Picture of Dorian Gray'

1803 Event - Robert Emmett's insurrected in Dublin

1798 Birthday - Benjamin Lee, Baronet Guinness, Irish brewer/Dublin mayor

1794 Birthday - Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer

1782 Birthday - John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer, Nocturnes

1778 Birthday - Catherine McAuley, born in Dublin, Ireland, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children

1742 Event - George Frederic Handel's "Messiah" performed for 1st time (Dublin)

1741 Event - George Frederick Handel's "The Messiah," premieres in Dublin

1487 Event - Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin

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