He is a Xhosa born into the Thembu royal family. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela president of South Africa 1994-1999 was born in 1918 On This Day

2 Irishmen, Shackleton and Crean attempted to reach the south pole but Norwegian Amunsden got there first in1911 He was born1872 On This Day

Finally a site for budding authors! It was great to see the launch of the wonderful new site http://t.co/svq0yzmihg in 2013 On This Day

He played at No. 8 for Ireland from 1962 to 1972 and was the first Carlow Lion. Mick Hipwell was born Bagenalstown Carlow 1940 On This Day

John Nash built the lodges at Áras an Uachtarán He remodelled Buckingham House to Buckingham Palace. Queen Victoria move in 1837 On This Day