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Breath tests for motorists suspected of drinking and driving introduced under the Road Safety Act
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Rudolf Hess, Hitlers deputy, descended by parachute into Scotland at Eaglesham.
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Richard Mulcahy, pro-Treaty nationalist and Fine Gael politician, is born in Waterford
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Leslie Montgomery, comic writer; pseudonym Lynn C. Doyle, is born in Downpatrick, Co. Down
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Jem Mace defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn
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Sir Thomas Lipton, founder of the Liptons grocery chain, was born in Glasgow
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James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce of Dechmount; jurist, historian and Liberal politician, is born in Belfast
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Rev Henry Duncan opened the worlds first savings bank in Ruthwell, near Dumfries.
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Andrew Bell, co-founder of Encyclopedia Britannica with Colin MacFarquhar, died.
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William Pitt returns to office following a disagreement with George III over Catholic Emancipation,
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John Thomas Troy, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, is born in Castleknock, Co. Dublin
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A Catholic confederacy is instituted to administer Catholic-controlled parts of the country pending a final settlement
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Richard de Clare, while defending his protégé Mahon O'Brien, is defeated and killed by Murrough O'Brien at Dysert O'Dea
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Battle of Loudon Hill, near Darvel
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