Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TODAY: SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2017
ON THIS DAY 13 YEARS AGO (2004)
Our front page expressed fears over Commons security after PM Tony Blair was hit by purple powder hurled by Fathers for Justice protesters. Two activists struck as Blair stood at the Despatch Box for Prime Minister’s Questions.
44 YEARS AGO (1973)
The Navy sent ships to protect trawlers from Icelandic patrol boats after Iceland extended its fishing zone. It was part of the 1970s’ “cod wars” which saw clashes over fishing rights.
90 YEARS AGO (1927)
Charles Lindbergh set off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island on the world’s first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic. After 33-and-a-half hours he landed at Le Bourget airport in Paris, where he was greeted by 150,000 fans.
BIRTHDAYS
Singer Cher is 71. Her first double act with Sonny
Bono was called Caesar and Cleo. Cyclist Chris Froome is 32. He was born in Kenya. TV’S Louis Theroux is 47. His father is novelist Paul Theroux. Rapper Busta Rhymes is 45. His first rap name was Chilly-o-ski. And many happy returns to readers Mia Emily Firth, of Oxenhope, West Yorks, who is 13, and Norman Holmes, of Wolverhampton, who turns 104 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