Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TODAY: SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2018
On this day 87 YEARS AGO (1931)
Our front page covered the resignation of the Labour Government and creation of a National Government to tackle the crisis caused by the 1929 Wall Street Crash.
74 YEARS AGO (1944)
Paris was liberated from the Nazis after four years. Freed French soldiers led by General Leclerc entered the city to an ecstatic welcome.
15 YEARS AGO (2003)
Two car bombs minutes apart in Mumbai killed 52 and injured 150. Three Kashmiri militant suspects were sentenced to death.
Birthdays
Beetlejuice director Tim Burton is 60. He wears pinstripe socks to film premieres. Actor Sir Sean Connery is 88. He used to be a milkman. Model Claudia Schiffer is 48. She wanted to become a lawyer. And happy birthday to Mirror reader Graeme Ball of Waltham Abbey, Essex, who is 59.
Today’s events
9am Quidditch Premier League Championship final at Cardiff Arms Park.
11am The 50th Great Dorset Steam Fair is at Tarrant Hinton, Dorset, until Monday.
3pm Catalans Dragons v Warrington Wolves in the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final at Wembley.
7.45pm Pope Francis speaks at Dublin’s Croke Park Stadium.
Today’s giggle
Did you hear about the semi-colon who broke the law? He was given two consecutive sentences.