August 6, 2019: A look back at what happened on this day in years gone by

We take a trip down memory lane and check out what happened on this day in years gone by.

Tue, 06 Aug, 2019 - 13:00

Digital Desk staff

We take a trip down memory lane and check out what happened on this day in years gone by by looking back at some Irish Examiner front pages and highlighting other events which went down in history across the world.

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Courts Features On This Day Place: Northern Ireland Place: Belfast Place: Dublin Place: Monaghan Place: Europe Place: Paris Place: Limerick Place: New Zealand Place: Hiroshima Place: Co Clare Place: Philadelphia Person: Ayeisha McFerran Person: Taoiseach Person: Leo Varadkar Person: Anne Hathaway Person: William Shakespeare Person: Daniel O’Connell Person: The Liberator Person: Alfred Tennyson Event: Battle of the Bogside Event: The Event: Troubles Event: Northern Irish conflict Event: Women’s Rugby World Cup Event: Women’s Hockey World Cup Event: Constitutional Convention Organisation: Northern Ireland Command Organisation: British Army Organisation: Protestant Organisation: Catholic Organisation: Vatican Organisation: Republican Organisation: Irish Examiner Organisation: Victims Commission Organisation: Ulster Volunteer Force Organisation: UVF Organisation: AIB Organisation: European Committee of Social Rights Organisation: Ireland women’s rugby team Organisation: Ireland Organisation: British Government Organisation: Catholics

<p>Adi Roche holds a Geiger counter in the exclusion zone, close to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 2003. Picture by Julien Behal</p>

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