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Rule of Ulster

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1969Date range
1Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1969

Harold Wilson14 August 1969

Belfast · Government / Labour Party Government

Rioting besets Belfast for three days, 8 Catholics are killed and two hundred thirty-six people wounded, the British sent in the army in an effort to keep order in Northern Ireland

Harold Wilson1969

Ulster · Government / Labour Party Government

Northern Ireland will not leave the UK without the consent of its Parliament

Names involved

Harold Wilson

Provenance

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