Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TODAY: FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2018
On this day 95 YEARS AGO (1923)
We reported on the marriage of the Duke of York, second in line to the throne, to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-lyon at Westminister Abbey.
73 YEARS AGO (1945)
American and Russian forces linked up at the River Elbe in Germany, effectively splitting the Wehrmacht in two in one of the final stages of WW2.
57 YEARS AGO (1961)
Sierra Leone became independent from Britain after 150 years. The new green, white and blue flag of the West African nation was flown at midnight.
Birthdays
Victoria’s Jenna Coleman is 32. She’s named after the Dallas character Jenna Wade. TV’S Tess Daly is 49. Her real name is Helen Elizabeth. Singer Sheena Easton is 59. She was discovered on The Big Time. And many happy returns to future Mirror reader Leevy Fraterthompson, from Nottingham, who is one. ■ 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
Today’s events
9am Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson attends meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. Noon Bet365 Gold Cup meeting at Sandown Park in Surrey to celebrate the end of the jump season and beginning of the flat. 6pm Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds promote their new album Who Built The Moon? with a headline show at London’s O2.
Today’s giggle
I work in a paper factory, where my responsibilities are twofold.