TODAY: FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2018
68 YEARS AGO (1950)
We demanded to know why communist spy Dr Klaus Fuchs was allowed to pass nuclear secrets to the Russians for six years undetected.
62 YEARS AGO (1956)
Jordan’s King Hussein sacked the British commander of the Arab Legion to boost his standing in the Arab world.
18 YEARS AGO (2000)
Ex-Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was told the UK would not seek to extradite him on charges of torture during his 17-year rule.
Birthdays
Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi is 56. James Bond actor
Daniel Craig, a Liverpool fan, is 50. Coldplay’s Chris Martin is 41 and comedian
Alexander Armstrong, who plays the piano, cello and oboe, turns 48. And greetings to Mirror readers
Sue Gregory fom Calne, Wilts, 59, and Diane Willis, from Blackwater, Hants, 80.
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Today’s events
9.30am Bank of England Governor Mark Carney to speak at the Scottish Economics Conference in Edinburgh.
10am Day two of the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships at Birmingham Arena.
5pm Lord Heseltine delivers a lecture at Oxford University entitled The Role of Government in Creating Prosperity in a Globalised World.
Today’s giggle
What did the bacon say to the tomato? Lettuce get together