On This Day, Aug. 22: Irish revolutionary Michael Collins assassinated

Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 02:00 in Earth & Climate

On Aug. 22, 1922, Michael Collins, a founder of the Irish Republican Army and a key figure in Ireland's independence movement, was assassinated by political opponents.

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