Evento
The Troubles: Lord Mountbatten of Burma and two others are killed in a bombing on his boat in the Republic of Ireland by the Provisional Irish Republican Army…
27 ago 1979 · 54.11° N, 6.28° W
Lo que dicen los registros
- Cuándo
- 27 ago 1979
- Tipo
- Evento
- Coordenadas
- 54.11° N, 6.28° W
Situado en: coordinates of the event it links, Warrenpoint ambush.
Resumen
The Troubles: Lord Mountbatten of Burma and two others are killed in a bombing on his boat in the Republic of Ireland by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Mountbatten was a British fleet admiral, statesman and an uncle of The Duke of Edinburgh. On the same day, the Warrenpoint ambush occurs, killing 18 British soldiers. Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne would die in a hospital the following day from injuries sustained in the bombing.
La fuente
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