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David Jones Welsh poet and artist died.
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House of Commons passed the Bill abolishing the death penalty for murder.
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Journalist and novelist Cliff Hanley (Dancing in the Streets etc) born in Glasgow.
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Birth in Dublin of Sir Francis Bacon, painter
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John Harold Hewitt, poet who wrote the Glens of Antrim, is born
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Dr Henry Faulds, published a letter first evidence that fingerprints could be used as proof of guilt or innocence in legal cases.
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Death of William Howard Glover, composer and music critic
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Birth of Robert Liston in Linlithgow who was to carry out the first operation in Britain with the aid of an anesthetic.
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Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda and former MP for Dunleer, drowns with his son Edward
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The Danish East India Company ship, Golden Lyon, is stranded near Ballyheige, Co. Kerry
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Birth of Nicholas Brad, Anglican clergyman and poet, in Bandon, Co. Cork
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Battle of Corrichie, Earl of Moray defeated Catholic Gordons of Huntly who were attacking Aberdeen.
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