Ireland

Martin O'Meara, VC, was an Irish-born Australian recipient of the Victoria Crossy, died

Martin O’Meara, VC (6 November 1885 – 20 December 1935) was an Irish-born Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Ornithologist and painter Archibald Thorburn died.

Birth of Thomas Kineally, Irish Australian author of Schindler’s List which was originally called Schindlers Ark

Oliver Napier, born

Sir Oliver Napier (11 July 1935 – 2 July 2011) was the first leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. In 1974 he served as the first and only Legal Minister and head of the Office of Legal Reform in the Northern Ireland power-sharing executive set up by the Sunningdale Agreement.

Jack Charlton, footballer and manager, born

Francis Arthur Fahy who wrote the ballad Galway Bay, died

Francis Arthur Fahy (29 September 1854 – 1935) was an Irish nationalist, songwriter and poet. He is probably best remembered as the composer of the evergreen “The Ould Plaid Shawl”. He collaborated with various composers, including Alicia Adélaide Needham, an associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

Robert Watson Watt demonstrated radar for the first time

Thomas Murphy, a playwright, is born

Gobnaitt NiBhruadair (Albinia Broderick), Irish republican activist, dies

Gobnait Nic Bhruadair, also known as Albinia Broderick, was a significant Irish republican activist and a prominent member of Cumann na mBan, a women’s paramilitary organization that played a role in the Irish struggle for independence. She was born in 1897 and dedicated her life to the republican cause.

Eibhin Nic Choill, prominent Irish Celtic scholar and linguist, died

Eibhin Nic Choill, also known as Eleanor Knott, was a prominent Irish Celtic scholar and linguist.