Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TODAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017
ON THIS DAY 24 YEARS AGO (1993)
Our front page told how flamboyant Brian Clough resigned as Nottingham Forest manager after 18 years. He gave reporters outside his home a taste of his managerial style, telling one: “Keep off my grass, young man!”
25 YEARS AGO (1992)
Labour MP Betty Boothroyd became the first woman Speaker in the Commons and the first member of the Opposition to hold the post since the Second World War. She retired in 2000 and, now aged 87, sits in the Lords.
72 YEARS AGO (1945)
American and Russian forces linked up at the River Elbe in Germany, effectively splitting the German army in two. Their respective military leaders paid tribute to the troops and in Moscow 324 guns fired a massive salvo. The Allies were one step closer to victory.
BIRTHDAYS
Doctor Who actress Jenna Coleman is 31. She is named after the Dallas character Jenna Wade... TV host Tess Daly is 48. Her real name is Helen Elizabeth Daly... Singer Sheena Easton is 58. She was discovered on reality show The Big Time in 1980... And many happy returns to Mirror readers Kerry O’halloran, from Wirral, Merseyside, who is 37, Paula Thompson, from Liverpool, who is 51, and Brian Beech, from Hornchurch, Essex, who turns 80 today. If you’d like us to mention the birthday of a loved one, write to Birthdays, Daily Mirror, One Canada Square, London E14 5AP or madeuthink@mirror.co.uk