TODAY: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2018
On this day 76 YEARS AGO (1942)
We covered the retreat of British forces in Burma as Japan threatened to advance within 100 miles of Pegu, a vital spot on the Allies’ supply line.
59 YEARS AGO (1959)
A Turkish government jet with 22 on board crashed near Gatwick. Just 12 lived including PM Adnan Menderes, who was flying in for talks on Cyprus.
26 YEARS AGO (1992)
Cannibal serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was handed 15 life sentences in Wisconsin, US for murdering and dismembering 17 young men.
Birthdays
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is 27. Heiress Paris Hilton is 37. Olympic gold medal swimmer Rebecca Adlington is 29. Basketball legend Michael
Jordan is 55. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Leah May Hobday from Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, who turns 10 today.
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Today’s events
9.30am Theresa May delivers speech to the Munich Security Conference in Germany. 10.30am British Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham. 1.30pm One Day Without Us rally for migrants, in Westminster. 7pm George Groves defends WBA Super-Middleweight title against Chris Eubank Jr in Manchester.
Today’s giggle
What did one toilet say to the other toilet? You look flushed.