Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
MONDAY, JULY 24, 2017
ON THIS DAY 43 YEARS AGO (1974)
We revealed that passengers on a BA flight from Belfast to London had a lucky escape after a bomb planted by the
IRA failed to detonate. Among the 85 passengers on board was RUC Chief Constable Sir James Flanagan and his wife.
48 YEARS AGO (1969)
British lecturer Gerald Brooke was released by the Soviet authorities after four years in jail. Brooke, a language teacher, was exchanged for Soviet agents.
58 YEARS AGO (1959)
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and American Vice-president Richard Nixon publicly debated the merits of communism versus capitalism at the start of Nixon’s 11-day visit to the USSR. The “kitchen debate” took place at a US trade exhibition held in Moscow’s Sokolniki Park.
TODAY’S EVENTS
8am: Wales’ First Minister Carwyn Jones attends the Royal Welsh Show – Britain’s largest agricultural gala – at Builth Wells, Powys. 1.30pm: International Trade
BIRTHDAYS
Singer Jennifer Lopez is 48. She is said to be worth £284million. Actor Danny Dyer is 40. He is related to Edward III. Actress Lynda Carter is 66 and played Wonder Woman. Actress Anna Paquin, 35, won an Oscar aged 11. And many happy returns to Mirror readers Shirley Payne, of Padstow, Cornwall, who is 80, and Mike Manning, of Farnborough, Hants, who turns 77 today.
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