May 28 in A.A. History

In 1907, Conor F. [right] was probably born in County Roscommon, Ireland. He would immigrate to the United States and get sober in 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1946, he and Richard P. would found the first Alcoholics Anonymous group in Dublin, also the first A.A. group in Europe.

In 1974, the A.A. Fellowship in Great Britain was chosen to host the 3rd biennial A.A. World Service Meeting, making it the first time this event would be held outside the United States. A Site Committee, composed of members selected at the 2nd World Service Meeting, recommended England as the top choice for the 1974 gathering, “with Mexico or Finland as second and third choices,” respectively. The meeting was scheduled for 16–18 October 1974, at the Gloucester Hotel in London.