1993 Death John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66 1961 Birthday Roma Downey, Derry Ire, actress, 1 Life to Live, Touched by an Angel 1952 Birthday Pierce Brosnan, County Meath Ire, actor, Remington Steele, Golden Eye 1930 Birthday Richard Harris, Ire, actor, Man Called Horse, singer, MacArthur Park 1928 Birthday Stephen Boyd, William Millar, Ire, actor, Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur 1912 Birthday Geraldine Fitzgerald, Dublin Ire, actress, Pawnbroker, Easy Money 1900 Birthday Sean O'Faolain, John Whelan, Ire, writer, Murder at Cobbler's Hulk 1882 Birthday James Joyce, Ire, novelist/poet, Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake 1856 Birthday George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist, Pygmalion-Nobel 1925 1824 Birthday Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner, 1880-89, 1895-97 1690 Event Battle of Drogheda Boyne (Willem III (Netherlands-England) beat Jacobus II (Ire)
