Irish surgeon and politician, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

James Reilly

James Reilly is an Irish former Fine Gael politician, businessman and medical doctor who served as a Senator from May 2016 to March 2020. He previously served as Acting Minister for Children and Youth Affairs from February to May 2016, Minister for Health from March 2011 to July 2014 and deputy leader of Fine Gael from 2010 to 2017. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency from 2007 to 2016. He subsequently announced his retirement from politics after he lost his bid for election for his old seat at the 2020 general election.

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1955

August 16

Died

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1955 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-1 Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.
942 Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of the Abbasid capital, Baghdad.
963 Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1328 The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.

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The world in 1955

When James arrived

april 1 The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
april 11 The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
april 12 The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
april 15 McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.

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Caeleb Dressel 1996– American swimmer Christian Okoye 1961– American football player Greyson Chance 1997– American musician Julie Newmar 1933– American actress Karl-Heinz Euling 1919– German captain (died 2014) Kevin Ayers 1944– English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013) Louis 1682–1686 Duke of Burgundy (died 1712) Paul Callaway 1909– American organist and conductor (died 1995) Robert Culp 1930–2010 American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2010)

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Bill Gates 1955– American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft Steve Jobs 1955–2011 American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (died 2011) Alistair Burt 1955– English lawyer and politician Arif Yunusov 1955– Azerbaijani author, historian, and human rights activist. Balaji Sadasivan 1955–2010 Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (died 2010) Bill Elliott 1955– American race car driver Dave Taylor 1955– Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager Debbie Mathers 1955–2024 Mother of Eminem (born 1955) Donald Pettit 1955– American engineer and astronaut

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