Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TODAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018
On this day 99 YEARS AGO (1919)
Our front page showed Allied leaders, including US President Woodrow Wilson, arriving at the Versailles Peace Conference after the end of the First World War.
62 YEARS AGO (1956)
PM Anthony Eden refused to answer MPS’ questions about a navy diver who went missing during a visit by Soviet leader Khruschev.
44 YEARS AGO (1974)
Impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon were launched over the Watergate scandal. He resigned on August 8.
Birthdays
Singer Billy Joel is 69. His father was a holocaust survivor. Actress Rosario Dawson is 39. She’s known for her political activism. Skyfall actor Albert Finney is 82. He turned down a knighthood in 2000. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Frank Skions from Eccles who turns 79 today.
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Today’s events
9.30am The Duke of Cambridge officially opens London Bridge Station. 10am Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington appears before Commons Select Committee on the collapse of Carillion. 7.15pm Channel 4’s annual lecture on diversity is delivered by former Olympian and transgender activist, Caitlyn Jenner.
Today’s giggle
I saw this bloke chatting up a cheetah.
I thought: ”He’s trying to pull a fast one”.