On this day 2001. The violent scenes of sectarian hatred against Catholic school children witnessed at the Holy Cross school in Belfast make headlines in newspapers all over the world #Onthisday #History #Belfast

Dr Michael Flavin talks about the Birmingham 6 🟥 Link in Bio

On this day 1937. Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco #Onthisday #History #SpanishCivilWar

On this day 1974. 19 Irish Republican Prisoners escape from Portlaoise Prison #Onthisday #History #Ireland

On this day 1953. Nikita Krushchev elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union #Onthisday #History #SovietUnion

On this day 1948. Taoiseach John A.Costello declares the Irish Free State a Republic. #Onthisday #History #Ireland

On this day 1908. Poet, educator and Irish rebel, Padraic Pearse opens St. Edna's school for boys (Scoil Eanna) #Onthisday #History #Ireland

On this day 1864. Roger Casement, British consular official and Irish nationalist, is born in Sandycove, Co. Dublin #Onthisday #History #Ireland

On this day 1967. Uganda declares independence from Great Britain #Onthisday #History #Uganda

On this day 1922. First meeting of the Provisional Parliament (Third Dáil) #Onthisday #History #Ireland

On this day 1972. Cuban boxer Teófilo Stevenson wins first of 3 consecutive Olympic heavyweight gold medals #Onthisday #TeófiloStevenson #Cuba

On this day 1641. Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda #Onthisday #History #Ireland #OliverCromwell

On this day 1649. Massacre at Drogheda. Cromwell captures the town and slaughters the garrison #Onthisday #IrishHistory #Ireland

On this day 1973. The death of Chilean president and socialist leader, Salvador Allende after US-backed coup led by Augusto Pinochet #Onthisday #History #Chile

Dr Michael Flavin discusses the slogan ‘no blacks, no dogs, no Irish’ and its impact on public conscience during the conflict 🟥 Link in Bio

On this day 1958. US Supreme Court orders the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas to integrate #Onthisday #USHistory #Integration

On this day 1919. Dáil Éireann is declared illegal #Onthisday #History #Ireland

On this day 1971. Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet premier, buried in Moscow #Onthisday #History

On this day 1903. Padraic Pearse arrives in Ros Muc, County Galway and takes up residence at his cottage in Inbhear. #Onthisday #History #Ireland