On this day
79 YEARS AGO (1939) Our front page laid bare the horrors of the Nazi regime – including details of torture – which were published for the first time by the government. 47 YEARS AGO (1971) An IRA bomb exploded on the 33rd floor restaurant of London’s Post Office Tower. No one was hurt.
34 YEARS AGO (1984) Indian President Indira Gandhi was fatally shot by two assassins as she walked in her private gardens in New Delhi.
Today’s giggle
Why are skeletons so calm? Because nothing gets under their skin. Astronaut
88. He was the command module pilot for the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landings. Rapper is 51. His real name is Robert Matthew Van Winkle. Lord of the Rings director is
57. He started making films at school. And many happy returns to Mirror reader
from Leek, Staffs, who turns 70 today. is
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