Martin Luther King played led the fight for racial equality in the USA. He delivered his famous speech ‘I Have a Dream’ in 1963 On This Day

Lord Mountbatten along with 3 others was assassinated off coast of Sligo and 18 soldiers were killed by terrorist bombs in 1979 On This Day

Sean T. O Kelly 2nd President of Ireland was born in Dublin in 1882 On This Day

Maurice Dease, born in Coole Co. Westmeath was the first ever recipient of the Victoria Cross, killed in action at Mons in 1914 On This Day

His brother was a poet and Nobel Laureate Jack B Yeats an artist and independent Irelands first Olympic medal winner was born 1871 On This Day