june 23rd

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History

Mass protest in West of Scotland against closure of John Browns shipyard.

June 23, 1971

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Salvador Dalis painting Christ of St John of the Cross went on display in Glasgows Kelvingrove Art Gallery. There was a public outcry when Dr Tom Honeyman, the then director of Glasgows museums and art galleries, spent the citys entire annual purcha

June 23, 1952

History

Dáil Éireann introduces internment

June 23, 1939

History

Singer Kenneth McKellar born.

June 23, 1927

History

Sir James Gildea, philanthropist and co-founder of St. John Ambulance Association, is born in Kilmaine, Co. Mayo

June 23, 1838

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Annie French Hector, novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Mrs. Alexander, is born in Dublin. Highly successful novelist with 40 books including the Wooing of O’t (1873), and Blind Fate (1891); A Choice of Evils (1895), and Kitty Costello, semi-autobiogr

June 23, 1825

History

George and Robert Stephenson open their locomotive foundry in Newcastle upon Tyne.

June 23, 1823

History

Daniel OConnell secretly marries his cousin, Mary OConnell

June 23, 1802

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Rebel southern column captures Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny and camps at Bunreagh; Rebel northern column moves into Wicklow Mountains and camps at Ballymanus

June 23, 1798

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William Brown, founder of the Argentine navy, is born in Foxford, Co. Mayo

June 23, 1777

History

Malt Riots, Glasgow

June 23, 1725

History

The Registration Act comes into force requiring all Catholic priests in Ireland to register in court, to furnish two £50 bonds for good behaviour, and not to leave the county in which they are registered

June 23, 1704

History

Charles II sailed into the estuary of the river Spey and signed the Covenant before going ashore.

June 23, 1650