On this day
25 YEARS AGO (1997)
We reported on the massacre of 62 tourists in Egypt’s Valley of the Queens, with a five-year-old girl among six Britons killed. The atrocity is believed to have been financed by Osama bin Laden.
33 YEARS AGO (1989)
More than 50,000 people took part in pro-democracy rallies in Bulgaria, following the ousting of communist leader Todor Zhivkov after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
19 YEARS AGO (2003)
US President George W Bush began a state visit to Britain following the US/UK-led invasion of Iraq. Security for the visit cost a reported £5million.
Today’s giggle
The book on chronology I ordered has finally arrived. It’s about time...