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Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home
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Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home

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The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, also known as St Mary's, or just The Home, operated in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, from 1925 to 1961 as a Catholic-run institution for unmarried mothers and their children, on behalf of Galway County Council. Run by the Bon Secours Sisters, the home became the focus of national s…

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The Last Ringbearer
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The Last Ringbearer is a 1999 fantasy book by the Russian paleontologist Kirill Yeskov. It is a parallel account of, and…

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Grsync
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Grsync is a graphical user interface for rsync. rsync is a differential backup and file synchronization tool widely used…

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On This Day

10 events
2019
2019_Xiangshui_chemical_plant_explosion
A major explosion at a chemical plant in Yancheng, China, killed 78 people and injured 640 others.
1980
Dallas_(TV_series)
The American soap opera Dallas aired the episode "A House Divided", which led to eight months of international speculation on "Who shot J.R.?"
1968
War_of_Attrition
War of Attrition: The Battle of Karameh took place between the Israel Defense Forces and allied troops of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Jordanian Armed Forces.
1963
Alcatraz_Federal_Penitentiary
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California—one of the world's most notorious and best known prisons—was closed.
1960
Sharpeville
Police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire on a group of unarmed black demonstrators who were protesting pass laws, killing 69 people and wounding 180 others.
1952
Moondog_Coronation_Ball
The Moondog Coronation Ball (poster pictured), generally considered to be the first major rock and roll concert, took place at the Cleveland Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
1946
Los_Angeles_Rams
The Los Angeles Rams signed Kenny Washington, making him the first African-American player in the National Football League since 1933.
1937
Blanton_Winship
A police squad, acting under orders from Governor of Puerto Rico Blanton Winship, opened fire on demonstrators protesting the arrest of Puerto Rican Nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos, killing 21 people and injuring 235 others.
1925
L'enfant_et_les_sortilèges
Ravel's opera L'enfant et les sortilèges (cover pictured), to a libretto by Colette, was premiered at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.
1918
World_War_I
First World War: The German Army opened the Spring Offensive with Operation Michael, attempting to break through the Allied lines and to seize ports on the English Channel.

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