* 1926 – Ian Paisley, Northern Irish politician

* 1922 – Six Irish Catholic civilians are shot and beaten-to-death by a gang of policemen in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

* 19 801-Calls to other parts of the Republic of Ireland, Irish mobile numbers and to landlines in Northern Ireland.

Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes have been played for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, the Caucasus, around the Persian Gulf and in Northern Africa.

Bronski also remixed the track " Flowers in the Morning " by Northern Irish electronic band, Electrobronze in 2007, changing the style of the song from classical to Hi-NRG disco

The Scottish and Northern Irish private banks still have that right.

* Bloody Sunday ( 1921 ), a day of violence in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the Irish War of Independence

Since the Irish War of Independence, the name ' Boxing Day ' is used only by the authorities in Northern Ireland, which remains part of the UK.

In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland it is traditional for the Premier League, Scottish Premier League and Irish Premier League respectively, as well as the lower divisions and rugby leagues, to hold a full programme of football and Rugby League matches on Boxing Day.

Anglo-Irish relations hit one of their lowest ebbs, with the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Patrick Hillery, going specially to the United Nations in New York to demand UN involvement in the Northern Ireland " Troubles ".

A survey conducted by Angus Reid Public Opinion in June 2010 found that 61 per cent of Britons and 70 per cent of Northern Irish agreed with Cameron ’ s apology for the Bloody Sunday events.

* 1993 – History of Northern Ireland: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.

* 1939 – Sir James Galway, Northern Irish flautist

* 1982 – Droppin Well bombing: The Irish National Liberation Army detonate a bomb in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven British soldiers and six civilians.

* 1976 – W. F. McCoy, Northern Irish politician ( b. 1886 )

* 1973 – British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.

* 1968 – George Forrest, Northern Irish politician ( b. 1921 )

* 1984 – Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer

* 1989 – Attack on Derryard checkpoint: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launch an attack on a British Army nonpermanent vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland.

The United Kingdom has ratified the Charter in respect of ( among other languages ) Welsh in Wales and Irish in Northern Ireland.

* 1918 – Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter ( d. 1999 )

* 1972 – Jonny Quinn, Northern Irish drummer ( Snow Patrol )

* 1980 – Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer ( d. 2004 )

* 1956 – Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-born Northern Irish footballer

* 1946 – Séan Neeson, Northern Irish politician

However, after a sensational uncovering of massive bribes scandals in the early 1990s, the city had become a stronghold of the conservative coalition led by Milanese media-magnate Silvio Berlusconi combined with the secessionist far-right movement Northern League, a trend that seems to have been reversed only by the 2011 municipal elections, in which a progressive candidate successfully contested the mayoral seat, thus ending almost 20 years of conservative administrations.

Ervine was considered to be one of the most progressive unionists in Northern Ireland politics.

The roots of progressive house can be traced back to the early 1990s rave and club scenes in the UK, Europe, and Northern America.

Some influence of the Northern Italian progressive movements is evident, though muted, in his work, for instance the use of double choirs ( polychoral works were the norm in Venice ); quick homophonic declamatory textures ; quick melodic passages in the bass line ( which were an influence from monody ).

The Liberal Democrats and the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland thanked the campaign for supporting one of their long-term aims, while progressive think tanks Compass, Electoral Reform Society and Progress have lent their support to the campaign, saying it will help Britain " throw off its outdated traditions ".

In the 1983 debut album Script for a Jester's Tear, by British progressive rock group Marillion, the Saracen was referred to in the final song: "... crawling behind a Saracen's hull from the safety of his living room chair ..." The lyrics of Forgotten Sons describe the conflict in Northern Ireland and the discrepancy between what was really happening and the perception of the conflict by the British public.

* Emerick, C. M., 1985, Age progressive volcanism in the Comores Archipelago and Northern Madagascar, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, PhD Thesis, Abstract

The Communal Liberation Party ( Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi ) was a progressive political party in Northern Cyprus.

This practice was most widespread among the Southern Haida ; among the Northern Haida it was practiced by the more " progressive " families.

* Ash ( band ), a rock band from Northern Ireland

It culminated in the so-called brick Gothic, a reduced style of Gothic architecture that flourished in Northern Europe, especially in the regions around the Baltic Sea which are without natural rock resources.

Archaeological studies of rock art in Northern Australia suggest that the people of the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory have been using the didgeridoo for less than 1, 000 years, based on the dating of paintings on cave walls and shelters from this period.

The Undertones are a punk rock / new wave band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1975.

Other notable artists from Whitehorse are the actors Tahmoh Penikett of Battlestar Galactica and Dollhouse ; Amy Sloan who has done many television shows ,( Molly Lang ) Dancer, Singer, Northern Icon, the storyteller Ivan Coyote, punk rock bassist Jonas Smith of JJS3, and the creator of Scrooge McDuck occasional resident Carl Barks.

The Stone Roses's influences included garage rock, Northern soul, punk rock, and artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Johnny Marr, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Sonic Youth, Sex Pistols and The Clash.

* The Northern Pikes, Canadian rock band

The city also hosts another rock festival, Down by the Laituri, and one of the largest electronic music festivals in Northern Europe, UMF ( Uuden Musiikin Festivaali, " New Music Festival "), in addition to a vibrant nightlife, centred around the Market Square.

Some noted rock formations involve giant boulders exposed by erosion, such as the Devil's Marbles in Australia's Northern Territory, the Horeke basalts in New Zealand, where an entire valley contains only boulders, and The Baths on the island of Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands.

Archaeological studies of rock art in the Northern Territory suggest people of the Kakadu region were playing the instrument 15, 000 years ago.

Together, these sequences of fluid volcanic rock form a region out of eastern Washington, Oregon, and parts of Northern California and Idaho called the Columbia River Plateau.

These included leading Northern Irish musician Van Morrison, British blues pioneer Alexis Korner as well as Ronnie Wood, Alex Harvey and Mick Jagger ; folk musicians Martin Carthy, John Renbourn and Ashley Hutchings ; rock musicians Roger Daltrey, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Robin Trower and David Gilmour ; and popular beat music successes Graham Nash and Allan Clarke of The Hollies.

The visual arts have a long history in Australia and examples of ancient Aboriginal rock artworks can be found throughout the continent-notably in national parks such as those of the UNESCO listed sites at Uluru and Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, but also within protected parks in urban areas such as at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park in Sydney.

* Three Sisters ( Northern Cape ), rock formation consisting of a group of three conical peaks situated on the watershed between Beaufort West and Richmond

Russian folk rock artists combine elements of Russian rock with celtic music, folk music of Northern countries as well as Russian folk music.

Prior to her marriage to Stewart, Fahey was romantically involved with Jim Reilly, the drummer for the Northern Irish punk rock band Stiff Little Fingers and Scottish singer Bobby Bluebell of The Bluebells, with whom she co-wrote the UK # 1 pop song " Young At Heart ".

*" Chasing Cars ", a song by the Northern Irish alternative rock band Snow Patrol

In the district of Bremanger are found tourist destinations such as Kalvåg, which has one of the largest and best-kept waterfront environment in the county, Grotlesanden ocean beach, the Hornelen mountain, with the tallest sea cliff in Northern Europe, rock carvings at Vingen, and the old trading stations of Rugsund and Smørhavn.

In late 1971, McCartney added to the Wings line-up ex-Spooky Tooth guitarist Henry McCullough, a Northern Ireland native and a lead guitarist on the original 1970 Decca recording of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.

Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland in 1992.

Northern Louisiana in the 1950s had a country rock scene, many of whose artists ( the Lonesome Drifter ) were recorded by local Ram Records.