Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
SATURDAY, SEPT 16, 2017
ON THIS DAY 35 YEARS AGO (1982)
Our front page asked the question on everyone’s lips after the death of Princess Grace of Monaco in a car crash. There were rumours, later proved false, that daughter Stephanie, then 17, was driving it illegally.
39 YEARS AGO (1978)
An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck south eastern Iran, levelling the town of Tabas and killing an estimated 26,000 people.
40 YEARS AGO (1977)
T-rex star Marc Bolan was killed in a car crash, aged 29. His girlfriend, US singer Gloria Jones, who was driving the Mini, survived the smash which happened at an accident blackspot in Barnes, South West London. Two days later burglars broke into their home and stole most of Bolan’s possessions.
TODAY’S EVENTS
9am The Liberal Democrats’ annual conference starts at the Bournemouth International Centre and runs until Tuesday.
12.30pm Struggling Crystal Palace take on Southampton in the early
BIRTHDAYS
Actor Mickey Rourke is 65. He gave up acting to become a boxer. Magician David Copperfield is 61. His net worth is an estimated £615million. Singer Katie Melua is 33. She loves roller coasters. Singer Marc Anthony is 49. He was married to Jennifer Lopez. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Joshua Williams, from Maidstone, Kent, who is 65 today.
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