First MGM lion Slats was born Dublin Zoo His successor Jackie roared for the first time to introduce first MGM talking movie1928 On This Day
Month: July 2013
23 July 1802
He wrote such famous books as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. Alexandre Dumas was born near Paris in 1802 On This Day
23 July-Abraham Colles
The Colles fracture is called after him. He was professor of surgery at RCSI. Abraham Colles was born near Kilkenny city in 1773 On This Day
21 July 1899
Ernest Hemingway was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature in 1954. He was a contemporary of Joyce in Paris. He was born in 1899 On This Day
19 July-1690
William of Orange fought his uncle and father-in-law JamesII at Battle of the Boyne. He was entertained at Kilkenny castle in 1690 On This Day