Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2017
ON THIS DAY 42 YEARS AGO (1975)
Our front page covered the killing of Record Breakers presenter Ross Mcwhirter, 50, by the IRA. A co-founder of The Guinness Book of Records, he had called for the death penalty to be reinstated for terrorists.
98 YEARS AGO (1919)
VISCOUNTESS Nancy Astor became the first female MP. She won over working-class voters with her charitable work and ability to score verbal points on opponents.
23 YEARS AGO (1994)
Norwegians voted to reject membership of the European Union by 52% to 48% in a referendum. In 1972, the country also voted against joining the EEC by a similar margin. Although Norway is currently not a member of the EU, it is part of the European Economic Area.
TODAY’S EVENTS
10.30am Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, Alan Milburn, launches the fifth annual State of the Nation report at Broadway House in London.
10.30am Official announcement of
BIRTHDAYS
Actress Karen Gillan is 30. She can’t swim. Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr is 88. He has a net worth of £264 million. Actor Martin Clunes is 56. He has a passion for VW camper vans. Actor Ed Harris is 67. He learnt to paint to play artist Jackson Pollock. And many happy returns to Mirror readers Jennifer Gibson, from Penrith, Cumbria, who is 46 and Anne Smith, of Salford, who turns 60 today.
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