TODAY: THURSDAY, FEB 25, 2016
On this day
28 YEARS AGO (25 FEB, 1988)
Our front page, below, reported on the revelation that the top five wealthiest people in Britain were worth £9billion, proof that the gap between rich and poor was widening.
84 YEARS AGO (1932)
Austrian-born Adolf Hitler became a German citizen, a crucial change which allowed him to rise through the ranks of German politics.
25 YEARS AGO (1991)
One of the last symbols of the Cold War disappeared when The Warsaw Pact – the Soviet equivalent of NATO – was finally disbanded.
Birthdays
Comic Lee Evans turns 52. He broke the world record in 2005 for performing to the biggest comedy audience of 10,108... Actress Tea
Leoni is 50. She was married to X Files star David Duchovny... Rashida
Jones is 40 today. She plays Karen Filippelli in the US version of The Office. And best wishes to reader Emma Carson from Belfast who is 19.
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