Strikes, marches and protests are held in belfast against low unemployment payments, temporarily uniting catholic and protestant unemployed
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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
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1767
George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend, becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
October 14, 1767
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