Black and Tans raid Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

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calendar 1972

Paul McCartney, one of the Beatles, was arrested for possession of marijuana at his farm in the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland.

September 20, 1972

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calendar 1967

Liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at John Browns shipyard at Clydebank.

September 20, 1967

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calendar 1958

Construction began on the Forth Road Bridge

September 20, 1958

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calendar 1920

Kevin Barry is captured

September 20, 1920

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calendar 1918

Republican newspapers are banned by English

September 20, 1918

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calendar 1911

Anna Catherine Parnell, Irish patriot, dies

September 20, 1911

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calendar 1847

Birth in Carron, Co. Clare of Michael Cusack, GAA founder

September 20, 1847

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calendar 1842

Sir James Dewar, inventor of the vacuum flask, born in Kincardine-on-Forth.

September 20, 1842

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calendar 1803

Robert Emmet, Irish patriot executed by England.

September 20, 1803

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calendar 1803

Robert Emmet, Irish patriot, is executed in Dublin. Emmet becomes a hero of Irish nationalists, largely on the basis of his stirring speech from the dock - Let no man write my epitaph ...When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then,

September 20, 1803

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calendar 1784

Sir Richard Griffith, geologist and civil engineer, is born in Dublin

September 20, 1784

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calendar 1746

Prince Charles Edward Stuart escaped capture by sailing to France aborad the French ship LHeureux.

September 20, 1746