Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
On this day
16 YEARS AGO (2006)
Our front page revealed the death of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko after he was poisoned in London by Russian secret agents for his “fierce criticism” of Vladimir Putin’s regime.
59 YEARS AGO (1963)
The man accused of assassinating John F Kennedy – Lee Harvey Oswald – was fatally shot by Jack Ruby as he was being transferred from Dallas police HQ to jail.
48 YEARS AGO (1974)
A crew led by US palaeontologist Donald Johanson found the 40% complete female skeleton of one of our earliest ancestors in Hadar, Ethiopia. They called her Lucy.
Today’s giggle
I have a real fear of escalators so I’m taking steps to avoid them.