TODAY: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2018
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On this day 39 YEARS AGO (1979)
We revealed the death of Sex Pistols star Sid Vicious from a heroin overdose. Sid, 21, on bail over the murder of ex Nancy, was found by his mum in his girlfriend’s US flat.
32 YEARS AGO (1986)
Pope Jean Paul II met Mother Teresa in Calcutta. The pontiff was so impressed with her that after her death in 1998 he helped make her a saint.
20 YEARS AGO (1998)
Twenty people died when a NATO jet slashed a cable car line in Cavalese, Italy. Witnesses claimed the US pilot was flying too low.
Birthdays
Actress Isla Fisher is 42. Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is 40. Star Wars star
Warwick Davis is 48. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Conor
McKenna from Derry, Northern Ireland, who turns 40 today.
Today’s events
10am Young Labour conference and AGM at University College London.
Noon Demo in Central London in support of the NHS organised by the People’s Assembly. March from Gower Street to Downing Street.
2.15pm Opening round of the Six Nations. Wales play Scotland in Cardiff while Ireland play France in Paris at 4.45pm.
Today’s giggle
What do you call a computer that sings? A Dell.
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