Historical Events
Easter Proclamation of 1916
Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation begins in Dublin
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Event of Interest
Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for ice-trapped ship Endurance
Ernest Shackleton
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