TODAY: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018
On this day
18 YEARS AGO (2000) After the Hatfield train crash which killed four people and injured more than 70, our front page declared rail travel was like playing the lottery. 96 YEARS AGO (1922) The British Broadcasting Company, which later became the British Broadcasting Corporation, was founded.
29 YEARS AGO (1989) East Germany’s communist leader, Erich Honecker, was forced to quit after 18 years in power.
Today’s giggle
I’m reading a book called The History Of Glue. I can’t put it down.
Birthdays
Tennis great Martina Navratilova is 62. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles. Belgian action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme is 58. Ex-England rugby union ace Mike Tindall is 40. And many happy returns to Mirror readers Margaret Davies, from Rossett, Wrexham, who is 88, and Tia Daies, from Merthyr Tydfil, who turns 100 today.
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