TODAY: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021
On this day
59 YEARS AGO (1962)
President Kennedy calls for calm amid riots as black student James Meredith tries to enrol at all-white Mississippi University during the civil rights struggle. He is finally escorted in by armed marshals.
82 YEARS AGO (1939)
First Lord of Admiralty Winston Churchill calls Russia a “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” after the country signs a non-aggression pact with Nazis.
16 YEARS AGO (2005)
Islamic suicide bombers kill 17 on holiday beaches in Bali, Indonesia, after even more deadly atrocities there in 2002 which left 202 dead, including 23 Brits.
Today’s giggle
I tried to buy camouflage trousers the other day – but I couldn’t find any.