On this day
23 YEARS AGO (1995)
We reported the TV interview in which Princess Diana admitted an affair with James Hewitt and told of her hurt at Charles’s relationship with Camilla.
98 YEARS AGO (1920) Bloody Sunday saw the IRA shoot dead 14 British soldiers, while police in Dublin killed 14 at a Gaelic football match.
33 YEARS AGO (1985)
US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Geneva for talks to curb the arms race.
Today’s giggle
What’s the difference between an African elephant and an Indian one? About 5,000 miles Singer Bjork is 53. Her name means birch-tree in Icelandic. Actress Goldie Hawn is 73. Blur bassist Alex James is 50. He is an award-winning cheesemaker. Desperate Housewives actress Nicollette Sheridan is 55. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Rick Femay from Telscombe, East Sussex, whois 97 today.
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