Near Sakaiminato, Japan, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck, the most powerful earthquake since the devastating Kōbe earthquake of 1995, but damage and casualties were relatively low because the epicentre was in a sparsely inhabited area.
Gerry Adams (born October 6, 1948, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is the former president of Sinn Féin, long regarded as the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), and one of the chief architects of Sinn Féin’s shift to a policy of seeking a peaceful settlement to sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. He was elected several times to the British House of Commons for Belfast West but, following party policy, did not take his seat.
He represented Belfast West (1998–2010) in the Northern Ireland Assembly before winning a seat in Ireland’s Dáil (parliament), representing Louth and East Meath (2011–20).
@WhiteRose For a very long time in the 1980s, his voice was banned from Mainland British broadcasters. Even the BBC news could not use his voice and instead, would either mute and subtitle him or use voiceovers. It was bloody insane.