Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Fuel your mind and discover more moments from history supported by TV Channel. Freeview 19 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
We revealed 100m sprinter Ben Johnson was put on a Us-bound plane after being disqualified from the Seoul Olympics for doping.
100 YEARS AGO (1918)
The fifth Battle of Ypres began. By the end of the conflict on October 2 the Allies had advanced up to 18 miles and captured around 10,000 Germans.
54 YEARS AGO (1964)
The Warren Commission concluded there was no conspiracy surrounding the assassination of President John F Kennedy by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Birthdays
King Kong actress Naomi Watts is 50. TV broadcaster Jon Snow is 71. French screen legend Brigitte Bardot is 84. And many happy returns to Mirror readers Philip Gammage,
of Milton Keynes, Bucks, who is 65, and Ken Wolfe,
from Walsall, West Mids, who turns 70 today.
Today’s events
9.10am First day of the Ryder Cup between Europe and the USA at St Quentin-en-yvelines, France.
11am Headteachers march on Downing Street over funding cuts.
11am Announcement on Plaid Cymru leadership election result.
12.15pm Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and Happy Mondays’ Bez star in Bargain Hunt special for BBC Music Day.
Today’s giggle
Why did the golfer change his trousers? He got a hole in one.