Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2017
Our front page reported that the Americans had dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on the Japanese port of Hiroshima. It did as much damage as five 1,000-plane air raids. President Harry Truman warned Japan to accept terms of surrender.
41 YEARS AGO (1976)
Viking 2 went into orbit around Mars as part of NASA’S mission to discover more about the Red Planet. It was intended to send back photos of suitable landing sites. It worked until July 1978.
14 YEARS AGO (2003)
Terrorist Amrozi bin Nurhasyim was convicted and sentenced to death for his part in the bombing of two nightclubs on Bali in October 2002. The attacks killed 202 people, including tourists. Two more members of Jemaah Islamiyah, a violent Islamist group, were also sentenced to death by firing squad.
TODAY’S EVENTS
2pm Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones is holding a Q&A session in Holyhead, Anglesey, as part of his summer tour of the country. 5.30pm Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder is at
BIRTHDAYS
Actress Charlize Theron is 42. Her first language is Afrikaans. Actor David Duchovny is 57. He got his break starring in a beer advert. Comedian Alexei Sayle is 65. His parents were communists. Australian actress Abbie Cornish is 35. She is also a rapper. Many happy returns to married readers Bruce and Cassie Lillie from Hawarden, Flints, who are 72 and 76 today.
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