Paul McCartney, one of the Beatles, was arrested for possession of marijuana at his farm in the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland.
September 20, 1972
Liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at John Browns shipyard at Clydebank.
September 20, 1967
Construction began on the Forth Road Bridge
September 20, 1958
Black and Tans raid Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
September 20, 1920
Kevin Barry is captured
September 20, 1920
Republican newspapers are banned by English
September 20, 1918
Anna Catherine Parnell, Irish patriot, dies
September 20, 1911
Birth in Carron, Co. Clare of Michael Cusack, GAA founder
September 20, 1847
Robert Emmet, Irish patriot executed by England.
September 20, 1803
Robert Emmet, Irish patriot, is executed in Dublin
September 20, 1803
Sir Richard Griffith, geologist and civil engineer, is born in Dublin
September 20, 1784