Irish physician and politician, 6th President of Ireland (born 1923)

Patrick Hillery

Patrick John Hillery was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the president of Ireland from December 1976 to December 1990. He also served as vice-president of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Social Affairs from 1973 to 1976, Minister for External Affairs from 1969 to 1973, Minister for Labour from 1966 to 1969, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1965 to 1969 and Minister for Education from 1959 to 1965. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency from 1951 to 1973.

Born

1923

May 2

Died

2008

Era

1920s

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Patrick, in brief

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Key dates

1923 Born
2008 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

1194 King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first royal charter.
1230 William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
1250 Mamluks under Baybars murder the Ayyubid sultan Turanshah for fear of losing their privileges.
1388 The surrender of the Acropolis of Athens to Nerio Acciaioli ends the Catalan presence in the Duchy of Athens.

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The world in 1923

When Patrick arrived

april 15 Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
april 15 Racially motivated Nihon Shōgakkō fire lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento, California.
april 26 The Duke of York (the future King George VI) weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
april 28 Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on May 2

Athanasius Kircher 1601–1680 German priest and scholar (died 1680) Dawn Primarolo 1954– English politician Elias Boudinot 1740–1821 American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (died 1821) John André 1750–1780 English soldier and spy (died 1780) Vicente Martín y Soler 1754– Spanish composer (died 1806)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1923

Avram Davidson 1923–1993 American soldier and author (died 1993) Beate Sirota Gordon 1923–2012 Austrian-American director and producer (born 1923) Bobby Thomson 1923– Scottish-American baseball player (died 2010) Daniel Carleton Gajdusek 1923– American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008) Dante Lavelli 1923– American football player (died 2009) Doc Watson 1923–2012 American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (died 2012) Don Adams 1923–2005 American actor and director (died 2005) Edward Oliver LeBlanc 1923–2004 Dominican lawyer and politician, Premier of Dominica (born 1923) Elizabeth Jolley 1923–2007 English-Australian author and academic (born 1923)

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