On this day

January 5 1922Sir Ernest Shackleton, polar explorer, died suddenly in South Georgia as he prepared to lead a fourth expedition to the Antarctic. 7 1922Dáil Éireann approved the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64 votes to 57. 16 1922Michael Collins, as chairman of the Provisional Government of Southern Ireland, formally accepted the transfer of power from the ... Read more

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