On this day
3 YEARS AGO (2015)
Our front page shows the Paris terror attacks that killed 130, including 90 at an Eagles of Death Metal gig, said to be retaliation for airstrikes that killed “Jihadi John”. 78 YEARS AGO (1940) Coventry suffered its deadliest air raid of the Second World War when 515 Luftwaffe bombers killed 568, left thousands homeless and destroyed the historic cathedral. 18 YEARS AGO (2000) Convoys of lorries converged on London and Edinburgh in protest at high fuel duty. Drivers parked on the M40 hard shoulder and walked to a protest in Hyde Park.
Today’s giggle
What did daddy spider say to baby spider? You spend too much time on the web. HRH Prince Charles is 70. He often signs his watercolours A G Carrick. Holby City actor Paul McGann is 59. Ex-US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is 64. Her name comes from the musical term ‘con dolcezza’. Bond actress Olga Kurylenko is 39. She runs a children’s charity in Ukraine. And many happy returns to Mirror readers Max Southern from Chorley, Lancs, who is 18 and Margaret Richards of Blidworth, Notts, who turns 94 today.
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