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Oct 1767
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1969
The, 50 pence decimal coin was first issued, replacing the ten shilling note.
October 14, 1969

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1939
German submarine sank HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, Orkney, with the loss of, 810 lives.
October 14, 1939

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1920
Tipperary IRA man, Sean Treacy, is killed in a gun battle in Talbot Street, Dublin
October 14, 1920





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1788
First steamboat tested on Dalswinton Loch by Patrick Miller and William Symington.
October 14, 1788

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1783
Edmond Sexton Pery is unanimously re-elected as Speaker of the Irish parliament
October 14, 1783