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Langley
Foundation
August, 2007
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Happy 80th Birthday, Bridie. |
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UCM member, Bridie Ryan was 80 years young in July.
At a special birthday presentation the UCM presented her
with a
bouquet of flowers and a birthday cake.
Bridie thanked them all for their kindness – and then it
was tea and birthday cake all round! |
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A few other things that happened in July,
1927
Kevin O'Higgins, vice president of the
Irish Free State, assassinated in Dublin.
The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 renames the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The change acknowledges that the Irish Free State is no longer part of the
Kingdom. |
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The first demonstration of television
before a live audience. Nearly 600 members of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers view the demonstration
at the Bell Telephone Building in New York.
Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress was born, |
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