Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (born 1918)

Pádraig Faulkner

Pádraig Faulkner was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1980 to 1981, Minister for Defence 1979 to 1980, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and Minister for Tourism and Transport from 1977 to 1979, Minister for Education from 1969 to 1973, Minister for the Gaeltacht and Minister for Lands from 1968 to 1969 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Gaeltacht from 1965 to 1968. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency from 1957 to 1987.

Born

1918

March 12

Died

2012

Era

1910s

Country

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About

Pádraig, in brief

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Key dates

1918 Born
2012 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

538 Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
1088 Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Catholic Church. He is best known for initiating the Crusades.
1158 German city Munich (München) is first mentioned as forum apud Munichen in the Augsburg arbitration by Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I.
1391 Konrad von Wallenrode is elected the 24th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (date is O.S.).

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The world in 1918

When Pádraig arrived

april 1 The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
april 20 World War I: Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
april 21 World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
april 23 World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.

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Chris Sanders 1962– American illustrator and voice actor Dale Murphy 1956– American baseball player Dave Eggers 1970– American author and screenwriter George Berkeley 1685–1753 Anglo-Irish philosopher and author (born 1685) John Aubrey 1626– English historian and philosopher (died 1697) Mary Karadja 1868–1943 Swedish writer, spiritualist and princess (died 1943) Steve Finley 1965– American baseball player Thomas Arne 1710–1778 English composer (died 1778) Tian Han 1898– Chinese playwright (died 1968)

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Also born in 1918

Abdul Haris Nasution 1918–2000 Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (died 2000) Arthur Jackson 1918– American lieutenant and target shooter (died 2015) Arthur Kornberg 1918–2007 American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007) B. K. S. Iyengar 1918–2014 Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (born 1918) Brenda Milner 1918– English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic Chaim Herzog 1918–1997 Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (born 1918) Dave Bartholomew 1918– American bandleader, composer and arranger (died 2019) George Allen 1918–1990 American football player and coach (died 1990) Guy Gibson 1918–1944 Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944)

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