Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TODAY: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018
in partnership with Freeview 19
On this day 73 YEARS AGO (1945)
Our front page revealed the
“Big 3” of Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt had met at a secret Black Sea location to agree joint plans for the “final phase” of the war against Nazi Germany.
66 YEARS AGO (1952)
Following the death of King George VI, Princess Elizabeth was formally proclaimed Queen during a 20-minute ceremony at St James’s Palace.
44 YEARS AGO (1974)
The three-man crew of Skylab 4 came home after a recordbreaking 85 days in space. It was NASA’S third and final mission to the space station.
Birthdays
Writer John Grisham is 63. Fashion guru
Trinny Woodall is 54. Composer John Williams is 86.
Mötley Crüe singer
Vince Neil is 57. And many happy returns to Mirror reader
Peter Field, from Manchester, 58 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
Today’s events
11am Singer Emeli Sande will receive her MBE during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
11am Meeting of Cabinet’s Brexit negotiations subcommittee at 10 Downing Street.
5.45pm The European premiere of Black Panther with Michael B Jordan at the Hammersmith Apollo in West London.
Today’s giggle
What training do you need to become a rubbish collector? None, you pick it up as you go along.