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March 13 - Irish artists leave Dublin Airport for the Congo to entertain United Nations troops there.

March 17 - President and Mrs. De Valera have a private audience with Pope John XIII in Rome .

April 5 - A final train is run on the west Cork railway.

May 8 - Irish troops leave for a peace-keeping mission in the Congo .

July 6 - Gay Byrne presents the very first edition of the Late Late Show .

July 13 - Secretary General Of The United Nations U Thant arrives in Dublin . He pays tribute to Irish soldiers who fought in the Congo .

August 21 - Former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Belfast on a four-day visit to Ireland.

November 13 - Aer Lingus air hostesses receive new uniforms. The colours are fern-green and St. Patrick's blue.

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