On this day
84 YEARS AGO (1934) We revealed Germany’s response to the pact between Russia and France amid reports of German rearmament in violation of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
55 YEARS AGO (1963) Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of assassinating President Kennedy, was shot dead at Dallas Police HQ by nightclub owner Jack Ruby.
44 YEARS AGO (1974) The 3.2 million-year-old partial skeleton of “Lucy” a female hominin – an ape with some human characteristics – was discovered in Ethiopia.
Today’s giggle
My battery had an alkaline problem, so it went to AA meetings. Comedian Billy Connolly is 76. He started out as a folk singer. Knocked Up actress Katherine Heigl is 40. She has two adopted daughters. Singer Russell Watson is 52. He is known as “the People’s tenor”. Extras star Stephen Merchant is 44. He has won three Baftas. And many happy returns to Mirror readers George Ribchester, of Todmorden, West Yorks, 85, and Claire Meldrum, of Brandon, Co Durham, 40.
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