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Decemberer | A Companion Calendar to Finnegans Wake (a continuing project) |
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1552 |
Death of St. Francis Xavier. | ||
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1913 |
Government proclamation forbidding the import of arms or ammunition into Ireland. | ||
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1921 |
Treaty signed giving Ireland Dominion Rule under the name "Irish Free State." | ||
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Judge Woolsey's decision lifting ban on Ulysses in USA. | |||
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1936 |
King Edward VIII signs Abdication Bill. | ||
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Black and Tans set fire to buildings in Cork City along southeastern side of Saint Patrick Street. | ||
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King George VI succeeds to the English throne. | |||
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1918 |
General Elections MPs elected Irish Unionist 25, Irish Nationalists 7, Sinn Fein 73. | ||
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Homerule Bill for Ireland passes House of Lords. | |||
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1773 |
Sam Adams authorizes Boston Tea Party. | ||
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1924 |
Last number of Freeman's Journal. |
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1924 |
Hitler amnestied after serving in Landberg Prison where he wrote first part of Mein Kampf. | ||
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1913 |
First crossword puzzle known as "Word-Cross" pubished in NY World. | ||
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1939 |
IRA raid on Magazine Fort, Poenix Park. | ||
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1691 |
Catholics excluded from Parliament and public office by act of English Parliament. | ||
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First Century Feast of Saint Stephen, the first martyr. | ||
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1879 |
First public demonstration of Edison's incandescent lamp (bulb). |
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