Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TODAY: SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2018
On this day 65 YEARS AGO (1953)
We revealed British soldiers would continue to be deployed in Korea despite the agreement of a truce by the US, China and communist North Korea.
73 YEARS AGO (1945)
A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in New York amid thick fog. Fourteen people were killed.
42 YEARS AGO (1976)
An earthquake of 8.3 magnitude struck the Chinese city of Tangshan. At least 250,000 people were killed.
Birthdays
Greek Prime Minister
Alexis Tsipras is 44. Garfield cartoonist
Jim Davis is 73. England captain
Harry Kane is 25.
And many happy returns to Mirror readers Peter Johnson, of Llanelli, Carmarths, who is 71, and Jessica Gaskell, of Skelmersdale, Lancs, who is 21 today.
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Today’s events
1am RMT members on South Western Railway strike over the role of guards until Sunday.
10am Day Two of Sunderland International Airshow begins.
10.45am Time-trial starts on Tour de France’s penultimate day.
11am King George Day at Royal Ascot.
Today’s giggle
Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar. You can’t tell me that’s just a coincidence.