Caledonian Canal opened.

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calendar 1928

Birth of Sir Charles Brett, architectural historian

October 30, 1928

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calendar 1925

First moving image on a television screen when John Logie Baird transmitted the image of a, 15-year-old office boy in his London workshop.

October 30, 1925

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calendar 1892

Eoin O'Duffy, revolutionary and organizer of the infamous Blueshirts, was born in Castleblayney, County Monaghan.

October 30, 1892

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calendar 1865

Róis Ní Ógáin (Rose Mabel Young), Gaelic scholar and editor of Duanaire Gaedhilge, is born

October 30, 1865

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calendar 1816

Sir Richard Quain, physician to Queen Victoria, is born in Mallow, Co. Cork

October 30, 1816

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calendar 1751

Birth in Dublin of dramatist and orator, Richard Brinsley Sheridan

October 30, 1751