Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2018
Our front page announced the death of multi-millionaire recluse and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes, at 71. He spent 20 years living alone in hotels.
101 YEARS AGO (1917)
The US declared war on Germany after the Zimmerman Telegram was intercepted. It proposed Germany help Mexico regain territory lost to the US.
50 YEARS AGO (1968)
Race riots following the assassination of civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King spread to 100 US cities – 12,000 troops protected Washington, DC.
Birthdays
Impressionist Rory Bremner is 57. He studied German and French at university. Celeb Myleene Klass is 40. She enjoys astronomy. Dancer Louie Spence is 49. He performed with The Spice Girls and Bjork. And happy returns to Mirror reader Donald Barker of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, who is 90 today.
Today’s events
1.30pm Second day of the US Masters golf in Augusta, Georgia. Live coverage on Sky Sports. 6.30pm Second day of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the women’s sprint cycling, and the men’s 4x100m freestyle swimming relay, BBC2. 6.30pm Writing’s On the Wall singer Sam Smith starts fourshow run at London’s O2 Arena.
Today’s giggle
Someone threw a bottle of omega 3 pills at me. Luckily my injuries were only super-fish-oil!