Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 17ú lá de mí Dheireadh Fómhair, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh.
I 1970 ainmníodh duine a raibh ó Bhaile Átha Cliath aois 26 mar cheann amháin de na daoine a fuair bás ag an timpiste droichead I Melbourne.
I 1986 bhí triúir duine saor ó ghortú nuair a thit eitleán ar fheirm I mBaile Átha Cliath.
I 1986 don chéad uair I cúig bliana bhí laghdú den mhéid post déantúsaíocht a bhí ann san Iarthar Láir.
I 1997 tháinig sé amach go mbeadh Mary McAleese agus Adi Roche chun easaontú ina fheachtas uachtaránachta in Inis.
Sin Elton John le Candle In The Wind – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1997.
Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 2007 fuair amhránaí Teresa Brewer bás ag aois 76. Bhí sí cáiliúil I timpeall 1950 agus bhí amhráin aici cosúil le Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now agus Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall. Chan sí le Tony Bennett agus Duke Ellington chomh maith.
I 2008 bhris Madonna agus Guy Ritchie suas tar éis 7 mbliain le chéile. Tháinig an preas amach ag rá gan comhaontú réamhphósta go mbeadh Guy Ritchie chun fáil 50 milliúin punt ó Madonna a raibh 300 milliúin punt aici.
Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh aisteoir Felicity Jones sa Bhreatain I 1983 agus rugadh amhránaí Eminem I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1972 agus seo chuid de amhrán.
Beidh mé ar ais libh an tseachtain seo chugainn le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo.
Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 17th of October, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh
1970: A 26 year old Dubliner was named as one of the 5 Irish men killed in the Melbourne Bridge Disaster
1986: 3 people escaped injury yesterday when their light aircraft struck a tree and crash-landed on a farm in Dublin
1986: For the first time in five years the industrial development Authority, mid west region, reports a decline in the number of manufacturing jobs created by them.
1997: Government candidate, Mary McAleese and Adi Roche, the peoples Alliance Candidate, will clash in their presidential campaigns in Ennis.
That was Elton John with Candle In The Wind – the biggest song on this day in 1997
Onto music news on this day In 2007 US singer Teresa Brewer died aged 76. She was one of the most popular US pop singers of the 1950s scoring hits such as ‘Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now’ and ‘Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall.’ She also sang with Tony Bennett, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Wynton Marsalis.
2008 Madonna and Guy Ritchie announced that their seven-year marriage was over because they had drifted apart. The press reported that without a pre-nuptial agreement, Ritchie could be looking at up to £50million of Madonna’s £300million fortune.
And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – actress Felicity Jones was born in the UK in 1983 and rapper Eminem was born in America on this day in 1972 and this is one of his songs.
I'll be back with you next week with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.
