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Events on Sunday 28 December 1969 2
1969 – presentLinus TorvaldsCreator of LinuxSoftware engineer who created the Linux kernel, the foundation of modern computing.
1969Provisional Irish Republican Army FoundedA split in the IRA creates the Provisional IRAThe Irish Republican Army split in December 1969, with a more militant faction forming the Provisional IRA. The new organisation went on to become the principal armed republican group during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.