Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2018
ON THIS DAY 57 YEARS AGO (1961)
We reported on the MPS’ debate about the case of Timothy Evans, hanged in 1950 for his baby daughter’s murder. It was later discovered his wife and child were among serial killer John Christie’s victims.
55 YEARS AGO (1963)
Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. The ex-textile worker was chosen to pilot Russia’s Vostok 6 from over 400 applicants, completing 49 orbits of Earth.
42 YEARS AGO (1976)
An uprising in the black township of Soweto, Johannesburg, left 176 dead. South African police opened fire with automatic rifles on a protest by 20,000 unarmed school pupils against the introduction of Afrikaans as the official language in schools. June 16 is now a national holiday in South Africa.
TODAY’S EVENTS
10am Eight teams of eight compete in the UK National Outdoor Tug of War Championships at Grove, Oxfordshire.
Noon Justice for Grenfell solidarity march from Downing Street to
BIRTHDAYS
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is 51. His middle name is Norbert. Singer John Newman is 28. Actor Idris Elba featured on his album Revolve. Entebbe star
Daniel Bruhl is 40. He speaks five languages. And many happy returns to Mirror readers Tim
Bastock, from Bracknell, Berks, who is 60, and
Gladys Crellin, from Whitehaven, Cumbria, who turns 92 today.
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