The IRA intended to hold the paintings to ransom in exchange for the transfer of IRA members Dolours Price and Marian Price who had been convicted of car-bombings in England. All the stolen paintings were recovered in County Cork a few weeks later. (26 April 1974)
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Friday 26th of November 1926 (-) — Firearms designer John Browning dies of heart failure. Browning died while working at the bench on a self-loading pistol design.