TODAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018

On this day 15 YEARS AGO (2003)

Our iconic front page photo showed a US soldier draping the face of Saddam Hussein’s statue with an American flag following the collapse of his regime.

46 YEARS AGO (1972)

Some 5,300 people died in an earthquake in southern Iran. Most were in the mining town of Ghir, which was completely destroyed.

106 YEARS AGO (1912)

RMS Titanic set out from Southampton on its maiden voyage. Built in Belfast, it was the largest ship afloat and carried 2,224 people.

Birthdays

Soprano Lesley

Garrett is 63. She once worked as a life model. Actor Steven Seagal is 66. He has American, Russian and Serbian citizenship. Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor is 39. Her mum, Janet Ellis, was a Blue Peter host. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Rosie Howard from Eltham, South East London, who is 14.