Malvern Street murders
1966 · Event
The revived Ulster Volunteer Force shoots a Catholic barman outside a Shankill pub — the first killings of what became the Troubles.
On these timelines: The Troubles, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Master
More from The Troubles
- The Troubles (1968)
- Omagh bombing (1998)
- Ian Paisley (1926)
- Northern Ireland riots of August 1969 (1969)
- The IRA declares a ceasefire (1994)
- Bobby Sands is elected from his death-bed (1981)
- Battle of the Bogside (1969)
- Dublin and Monaghan bombings (1974)
Around 1966
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- The Beatles (1960)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)