An IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten and 3 others on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Another near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland kills 18 British soldiers.

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1923

Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments.