Ireland

John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal for Northern Ireland, is born

The lion, known as of Cairbre, used to introduce Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer films, born in Dublin

Leo the Lion is the mascot for the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and one of its predecessors, Goldwyn Pictures. The logo was created by artist Lionel S. Reiss, who served as art director at Paramount Pictures.

Rugby player Karl Mullen is born in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford

Dr Karl Daniel Mullen (26 November 1926 – 27 April 2009) was an Irish rugby union player and consultant gynaecologist who captained the Irish rugby team and captained the British Lions on their 1950 tour to Australia and New Zealand.

Birth in Dublin of Hugh Leonard, pseudonym of John Keyes Byrne, playwright

Hugh Leonard (9 November 1926 – 12 February 2009) was an Irish dramatist, television writer, and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, Leonard wrote nearly 30 full-length plays, 10 one-act plays, three volumes of essay, two autobiographies, three novels, numerous screenplays and teleplays, and a regular newspaper column.

Tim OKeeffe, publisher, is born in Kinsale, Co. Cork

Eamon de Valera founds Fianna Fáil and holds its first public meeting

General Strike began at midnight, the first in British history

J.P. Donleavy, author of The Ginger Man, is born in New York

James Patrick Donleavy (23 April 1926 – 11 September 2017) was an American-Irish novelist, short story writer and playwright. His best-known work is the novel The Ginger Man, which was initially banned for obscenity.

Violet Albina Gibson attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini

Violet Albina Gibson (31 August 1876 – 2 May 1956) was an Irish-born woman who attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini in 1926. She was released without charge but spent the rest of her life in a psychiatric hospital in England.

Birth in Armagh of Ian Paisley, clergyman and Unionist politician

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside (6 April 1926 – 12 September 2014) was a politician and church minister in Northern Ireland. He founded the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in 1971 and was its leader until May 2008.