Liam O'Mara IV, PhDMar 25

The #BlackAndTans arrived in Ireland in 1920 on #ThisDayInHistory, sent by #WinstonChurchill to engage in brutal #colonial warfare. Their violence as the #RoyalIrishConstabulary, paired with the regular army and #Ulster's auxiliary militias, still failed.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhDMar 24
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The #McMahonKillings were perpetrated by the #RoyalIrishConstabulary on #ThisDayInHistory in 1922 in #Belfast. Six Catholic civilians were killed (a man, four sons, & a worker), two were wounded, and a woman raped by men in #police uniforms. No-one was prosecuted.
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDNov 28
The #KilmichaelAmbush took place on #ThisDayInHistory in 1920, one week after #BloodySunday. #IrishRepublicanArmy militants surprised a division of well-trained #RoyalIrishConstabulary, killing 16 veteran British troops to the loss of only three #IRA fighters: a significant win.
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Το 1783 γίνεται η πρώτη επανδρωμένη πτήση αερόστατου στα περίχωρα του Παρισιού.

Το 1920 την #bloodysunday ο #IRA σκοτώνει 11 Βρετανούς πράκτορες πληροφοριών και το #royalirishconstabulary σκοτώνει 12 Ιρλανδούς και τραυματίζει 60 το ίδιο απόγευμα σε αγώνα #gaelicfootball.

Το 1931 η κινηματογραφική μεταφορά του #frankestein της Merry Wollstonecraft Shelley κάνει πρεμιέρα.

Το 1995 υπογράφηκε η συμφωνία του #dayton. Με αυτή λήγει ο πόλεμος στη Βοσνία.

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