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Graham Obree, broke the world record and became the world pursuit cycle champio.
August 19, 1994
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Scottish aviator Jim Mollinson landed after the first East-West solo flight of the Atlantic from Portmarnock, Ireland to Pennfield, New Brunswick.
August 19, 1932
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Birth of poet Francis Ledwidge in Slane, Co. Meath
August 19, 1887
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The ship Catalpa arrives in U.S. with Irish Fenian prisoners rescued from Australia
August 19, 1876
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Act passed for the improvement of navigation on the Shannon
August 19, 1839
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Edward Hincks, orientalist, is born in Cork
August 19, 1792
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Jacobite - standard raised at Glenfinna - marking the start of the 45 Rising.
August 19, 1745
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Charles Edward Stuart, raises his standard at Glenfinnan, at the start of the 45 uprising.
August 19, 1745
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Mary Queen of Scots lands at Leith on her return from France, after the death of her husband, King Francis II
August 19, 1561
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Edward Fitzgerald, the Earl of Kildare, goes to Connacht and defeats Burke at Knockdoe
August 19, 1504