Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017
Our front page reported on a daring robbery at the Carlton Hotel in Central London. Thieves were charged with stealing £5,000 worth of jewels.
33 YEARS AGO (1984)
Margaret Thatcher’s Education Secretary Keith Joseph announced GCSE exams would replace O-levels.
23 YEARS AGO (1994)
US gridiron star OJ Simpson pleaded not guilty to murdering wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman. OJ was controversially acquitted.
Birthdays
Actress Nicole Kidman is 50. Born in Hawaii, her Hawaiian name is Hokulani, heavenly star. Singer Lionel Richie is 68. He enjoys gardening. Chelsea legend Frank Lampard is 39. His dad, Frank Snr, played for West Ham. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Pete Ashpole from Mangotsfield, Bristol, 60.
Today’s events
10.30am Gates open at Royal Ascot race meeting in Berkshire.
12.45pm Labour’s Keir Starmer is speaking at UNISON’S national delegate conference in Brighton.
5.45pm Opening night in London of the musical Bat Out of Hell, based on Meat Loaf’s hit album.
8.30pm Bank of England governor Mark Carney delivers his annual Mansion House speech about the state of the economy.
Today’s giggle
Why can’t you trust an atom? Because they make up everything.