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On This Day - May

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Ross McWhirter

November 27, 1975: TV presenter Ross McWhirter is shot dead by IRA

Ross McWhirter, the founder of the Guinness Book of Records and an outspoken critic of the IRA, is murdered outside his home by members of the paramilitary group.

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