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Events on Monday 27 August 1979 1
1900 – 1979Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979)Died 27 August 1979, aged 79Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India and a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, was killed when the IRA planted a bomb on his fishing boat off the coast of County Sligo, Ireland. Three others, including his 14-year-old grandson, also died in the attack. His assassination was one of the most prominent killings of the Troubles.