On this day
74 YEARS AGO (1944) Our front page told how 2,000 planes backed up Allied troops in the Battle of Aachen. We also reported a V2 attack that killed 168 people in South East London. 47 YEARS AGO (1971) The Soviet Union’s Mars 2 orbiter became the first man-made object to reach the surface of the red planet when it malfunctioned after entering its atmosphere. 28 YEARS AGO (1990) John Major became PM by winning the Tory leadership election after Margaret Thatcher resigned. He beat rivals Michael Heseltine and Douglas Hurd.
Today’s giggle
Doctor, I think I’m a clock. Are you winding me up? Rapper Professor Green, aka Stephen Manderson, is 35. JFK’s daughter Caroline Kennedy is 61 and served as President Obama’s ambassador to Japan. The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow is 67. Shoe designer Manolo Blahnik is 76. His net worth is a reported £153million. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Carole Thornton, of Aylesbury, Bucks, who turns 64 today.
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