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Cheapside docks fire, Glasgow, 19 firemen killed.

Cheapside docks fire, Glasgow, 19 firemen killed.

The Cheapside Street whisky bond fire in Glasgow on 28 March 1960 was Britain’s worst peacetime fire services disaster. The fire at a whisky bond killed 14 fire service and 5 salvage corps personnel.

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Denis Law became the youngest footballer to play for Scotland

Denis Law became the youngest footballer to play for Scotland

Denis Law becomes the youngest footballer to play for Scotland when he makes his international debut at the age of 18 years and 7 months. The match, played against Wales in Cardiff on October 18, 1958, marks the beginning of a legendary international career.

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Saor Uladh (Free Ulster) a splinter group of the IRA, attacks the police barracks in Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh

Saor Uladh (Free Ulster) a splinter group of the IRA, attacks the police barracks in Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh

Saor Uladh ( Irish for “Free Ulster”) was a short-lived Irish republican paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland in the 1950s

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