TODAY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 16,2017
On this day
100 YEARS AGO (1917)
Under the headline, Moving forward in the West, our front page photographs revealed the harsh conditions faced by soldiers in the trenches in the First World War.
50 YEARS AGO (1967)
US folk singer Joan Baez was among 40 protesters arrested in Oakland, California, for demonstrating against the Vietnam War.
39 YEARS AGO (1978)
Pope John Paul II became the first non-Italian Pope for 400 years. The former Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in front of a crowd of 200,000.
Birthdays
Musician John Mayer is 40. He’s a Krav Maga self-defence expert.
Angela Lansbury is 92. She has US, Irish and UK citizenship.
Tim Robbins is 59. At 6’5” he’s the tallest actor to win an Oscar. And congratulations to Mirror reader Saul
Kane, from Whitburn, Tyne & Wear, who is 21.
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Today’s events
4.45pm Transport Select Committee quiz Transport Secretary Chris Grayling.
5.30pm Prince Harry attends the WellChild Awards recognising bravery of children with health issues at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel.
7.30pm Works by artists, including Tracey Emin and Antony Gormley, for sale at Sotheby’s in London in aid of Grenfell fire victims.
Today’s giggle
I’m learning the hokey cokey. Not all of it, but I’ve got the ins and outs – Iain Stirling