On this day
62 YEARS AGO (1956)
We told how British troops in Egypt had been ordered to cease fire and end the Suez Crisis. Our editorial attacked PM Anthony Eden’s decision to start the war. 101 YEARS AGO (1917) In St Petersburg, Bolshevik revolutionaries led by Vladimir Lenin seized control of all important buildings, setting in motion the Russian Revolution. 43 YEARS AGO (1975) After a two-week siege at a house in Co Kildare, the IRA released factory owner Dr Tiede Herrema, who they kidnapped in a bid to free three Republican prisoners.
Today’s giggle
Do you know where you can get chicken broth in bulk? The stock market. Former footballer Rio Ferdinand is 40. He was a member of three England World Cup teams. Rapper Tinie Tempah is 30. He’s had the most No1s of any UK rapper. Big Yellow Taxi singer Joni Mitchell is 75. Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby covered her songs. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Ally Rogerson from Darlington, Co Durham, who is 53 today.
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