TODAY: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2018
On this day
51 YEARS AGO (1967) Our front page reported on Labour PM Harold Wilson devaluing the pound to tackle the “root” of economic problems, and making cuts to public spending. 73 YEARS AGO (1945) Twenty Nazi leaders went on trial in Nuremberg on such charges as crimes against humanity. British judge Norman Birkett called it “the greatest trial in history”.
43 YEARS AGO (1975) General Franco, Spain’s dictator for 39 years, died at 82. It led to a new era of democracy. He was buried at the mausoleum built on his orders by civil war prisoners.
Today’s giggle
I slept like a log last night – but then I woke up in the fireplace.
Birthdays
Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh is 37. Two of her sisters are Emmerdale stars. Ex-US Vice President Joe Biden is 76. His father was a car salesman. Actress Bo Derek is 62. Her real name is Mary Cathleen Collins. Mud bassist Ray Stiles is 72. He also plays in The Hollies.
And many happy returns to young Mirror reader Joshua Joseph, from Sidcup, Kent, who is eight today.
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