Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TODAY: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018
On this day 55 YEARS AGO (1963)
We hailed the new Labour leader Harold Wilson’s call for action after the death of Hugh Gaitskell – which included renationalising the steel industry.
32 YEARS AGO (1986)
Swedish PM Olof Palme was shot dead in Stockholm and his wife wounded. Christer Pettersson was convicted but later acquitted.
27 YEARS AGO (1991)
US President George Bush announced a ceasefire in the Gulf War after Iraq accepted all 12 resolutions made by the UN.
Birthdays
Chef Ainsley Harriott
is 61. Transformers actor John Turturro
is 61. Dynasty actress
Stephanie Beacham
is 71. And many happy returns to Mirror readers Maureen Mills, from Stourporton-severn, Worcs, who is 76 and
Kenneth Francis King, from Pencoed, Bridgend, 92 today.
Today’s events
9am Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend the first Royal Foundation Forum in London, bringing together programmes from Heads Together, the Invictus Games and United for Wildlife.
9.30am Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley gives evidence to Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster.
Today’s giggle
Never discuss infinity with a mathematician. They go on about it forever.