On this day
14 YEARS AGO (2005)
We revealed Camilla Parker Bowles’ engagement ring after it was confirmed she and Charles would marry in a civil ceremony at Windsor.
57 YEARS AGO (1962) Russia freed American U-2 pilot Gary Powers after his plane was shot down over the country in 1960.
23 YEARS AGO (1996) The IRA admitted planting a bomb in London’s Docklands which killed two, marking the end of a 17-month ceasefire.
Today’s giggle
Need training to be a rubbish collector? No, you pick it up as you go along. Friends star Jennifer Aniston is 50. Billions actor Damian Lewis, who is married to actress Helen McCrory, is 48. Game of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer is 37 and All I Wanna Do singer Sheryl Crow – who used to be a music teacher – is 57. And many happy returns to Roy Horner, of Andover, Hants who turns 82.
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