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

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

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

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

1979 Hugh Leonards "Life," premieres in Dublin

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

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

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

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

1974 Billy Fox, Protestant Dublin MP, assassinated

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

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

1967 Brendan Behans "Norstal Boy," premieres in Dublin

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

1966 An IRA bomb destroyed Nelson's Column in Dublin

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

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

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

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

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

1960 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 Siobhan Fahey, born in Dublin, rocker, Bananarama-Venus, Shakespear's Sister

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1922 Republic rebels occupies 4 government courts in Dublin

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

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

1921 British troops occupy Dublin

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

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

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

1916 Esme Stuart Lennox Robinsons premieres in Dublin

1916 Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1905 Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)

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

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

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

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

1892 Patricia Collinge, Dublin Ireland, actress, Tender Comrade

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

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

1882 Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin

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

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

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

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

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

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

1854 Oscar Wilde, Fingal O'Flahertie Wills, Dublin, Pic of Dorian Gray

1803 Robert Emmett's insurrected in Dublin

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

1794 Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer

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

1778 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 George Frederic Handel's "Messiah" performed for 1st time (Dublin)

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

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


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