17 January – Prototype
Short SC.7 Skyvan short-haul freighter first flies.
25 March – Terence O'Neill succeeds Viscount Brookeborough as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
23 September – British Enkalon synthetic fibre factory opens in
Antrim.
2 October – Second
Short SC.1VTOL research aircraft (XG905), flying from
Belfast Harbour Airport, crashes due to a control malfunction, killing the pilot, J. R. Green.[1]
28 October –
Belfast Aldergrove opened as the principal airport for Northern Ireland, civilian facilities transferring from
Nutts Corner.
Arts and literature
This section is empty. You can help by
adding to it. (July 2010)
17 January – Prototype
Short SC.7 Skyvan short-haul freighter first flies.
25 March – Terence O'Neill succeeds Viscount Brookeborough as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
23 September – British Enkalon synthetic fibre factory opens in
Antrim.
2 October – Second
Short SC.1VTOL research aircraft (XG905), flying from
Belfast Harbour Airport, crashes due to a control malfunction, killing the pilot, J. R. Green.[1]
28 October –
Belfast Aldergrove opened as the principal airport for Northern Ireland, civilian facilities transferring from
Nutts Corner.
Arts and literature
This section is empty. You can help by
adding to it. (July 2010)