TODAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2018
On this day 42 YEARS AGO (1976)
We asked who would succeed PM Harold Wilson after his resignation, naming Foreign Secretary James Callaghan as an early favourite.
50 YEARS AGO (1968)
There were 200 arrests as anti-war groups protested American involvement in the Vietnam War at the US embassy in London.
55 YEARS AGO (1963)
Mount Agung erupted on Bali, killing up to 1,500 in one of the most devastating volcanic eruptions in Indonesia’s history.
Birthdays
Actor Kurt Russell is 67. His middle name is Vogel. Former model
Pattie Boyd is 74. She left George Harrison to marry Eric Clapton. West Wing actor Rob
Lowe is 54. Star Wars actor John Boyega is 26. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Laura Weaver from Batley, West Yorks, 100 today.
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Today’s events
11.30am Parade and concert in central Belfast to mark St Patrick’s Day.
Noon Stand Up To Racism start anti-Trump march at the BBC in Portland Place, Central London.
7pm Sir Trevor McDonald is among the attendees of the James Bulger Memorial Trust Ball fundraiser at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Liverpool.
Today’s giggle
Since my girlfriend started working at the grease factory, it’s been really hard getting hold of her.