TODAY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2017
ON THIS DAY 65 YEARS AGO (1952)
Our front page told how 82 died – the toll later rose to 108 – and hundreds were injured when three trains collided in Britain’s worst peace-time rail crash at Harrow and Wealdstone in North West London.
50 YEARS AGO (1967)
Che Guevara was caught and executed by the US-backed Bolivian army two years after leaving Cuba, where he helped Fidel Castro overthrow tyrant Fulgencio Batista in 1959.
58 YEARS AGO (1959)
Harold Macmillan led the Tories to a third consecutive election victory with an increased majority of 365 seats to Labour’s 258. Dubbed “Supermac”, he claimed the results showed that “class war is obsolete”, and said Britain should use its economic strength to work towards world peace.
BIRTHDAYS
Former PM David Cameron is 51. He’s a descendant of King William IV. The X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne is 65. She is worth an estimated £171 million. Model Bella Hadid is 21. Her older sister, Gigi, is also a model. Actor Chris O’Dowd is 38. He is best known as Roy in The IT Crowd. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Tim Gregory, from Newcastle upon Tyne, who turns 50 today.
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