TODAY: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
On this day 26 YEARS AGO (1992)
Our front page reported how Tory PM John Major and his Chancellor Norman Lamont were blamed after Britain crashed out of the ERM.
78 YEARS AGO (1940)
Adolf Hitler postponed his plans to invade Britain after the Luftwaffe failed to beat the RAF in the Battle of Britain.
62 YEARS AGO (1956)
Solicitor Norman Buckley broke the world water speed record in his boat, averaging 79mph on Lake Windermere.
Birthdays
Indian PM Narendra
Modi is 68. He ran a tea stall as a youngster. Moulin Rouge! director Baz
Luhrmann is 56. He has a five-second cameo in The Great Gatsby. F1 legend Sir
Stirling Moss is 89. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Christina Sullivan from Huyton, Merseyside who turns 93 today.
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Today’s events
11am Anti-Brexit Gina Miller addresses Lib Dem conference in Brighton.
5.30pm IMF chief Christine Lagarde gives Women in Business lecture at Bloomberg Building in London.
8pm Comic Katherine Ryan’s Glitter Room opens at the Garrick Theatre in London.
8.30pm PM Theresa May is interviewed for a Panorama special.
Today’s giggle
What kind of exercise do lazy people do? Diddly squats.