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June 9, 1936

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1936Nell Dunn, English playwright, screenwriter and author[โ€ ]

Nell Mary Dunn is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. She is known especially for a volume of short stories, Up the Junction, and a novel, Poor Cow.

Mick O'Dwyer

1936Mick O'Dwyer, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (died 2025)[โ€ ]

Michael O'Dwyer was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He most famously managed the senior Kerry county team between 1974 and 1989, during which time he became the county's longest-serving manager, and its most successful at winning major titles. O'Dwyer is regarded as one of the greatest managers in the history of the game. He is one of only three men to manage five different counties. Martin Breheny has described him as "the ultimate symbol of the outside manager".

George Radda

1936George Radda, Hungarian chemist and academic[โ€ ]

Sir George Charles Radda was a Hungarian-British chemist.

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