Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018
ON THIS DAY 22 YEARS AGO (1996)
Our front page carried photos of the 16 children and one teacher shot dead and the 12 wounded at Dunblane Primary School by Thomas Hamilton, who turned the gun on himself after the deadliest mass shooting in British history.
54 YEARS AGO (1964)
Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby was found guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK’S alleged assassin, and sentenced to death. The verdict was later overturned.
58 YEARS AGO (1960)
The radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, set a new space record after making contact with the US Pioneer V satellite 407,000 miles away. Built in 1957, it was the world’s largest steerable radio telescope. Renamed the Lovell Telescope in 1987, it is still operational today and is open to the public.
TODAY’S EVENTS
1.30pm It’s Ladies Day at Cheltenham Festival. Race highlights include the Queen Mother Champion Chase at 3.30pm.
2pm MPS on the Digital, Culture,
BIRTHDAYS
Actor Michael Caine is 85. He saw active service in the Korean War. Musician Quincy Jones is 85. He began his career with singer Ray Charles. Actor Billy Crystal is 70. He has hosted the Oscars nine times. Jerry Greenfield is 67. He founded Ben & Jerry’s ice cream with pal Ben Cohen. And many happy returns to Mirror readers Keith Manson of Lenham Heath, Kent who is 75, and Terry Cornforth of Hartlepool, Co Durham, who turns 65.
Media and Sport Committee grill Culture Secretary Matt Hancock about fake news.
5.45pm Prince of Wales hosts a reception at Buckingham Palace to