On this day

99 YEARS AGO (1919)

We covered the election of Viscountess Astor – Britain’s first female MP to take her Commons seat. Plymouth’s Tory candidate had a “ready repartee”, we said. 55 YEARS AGO (1963) President Lyndon B Johnson set up the Warren Commission to investigate President John F Kennedy’s assassination. It said Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. 43 YEARS AGO (1975) Two-time world champion racing driver Graham Hill and five others were killed when the plane he was piloting crashed at a golf course in Hertfordshire in bad weather. Man United legend Ryan Giggs is 45. He spent his entire professional career at the club. Avengers star Don Cheadle is 54. He is a poker enthusiast. Comedian Simon Amstell is 39. He is vegan. Big Lebowski writer Joel Coen is 64. He is married to Three Billboards actress Frances McDormand. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Henry Smith from Newcastle upon Tyne, who turns 72 today.

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