TODAY: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2022
On this day 30 YEARS AGO (1992)
We revealed the Queen wept after a fire at Windsor Castle destroyed some of its most historic parts. The £40million restoration took five years, the Queen paying 70% of the costs.
69 YEARS AGO (1953)
The skull of the “Piltdown Man” was exposed as a forgery. The “missing link” between ape and humans was a mix of human, chimp and orangutan bones.
5 YEARS AGO (2017)
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, 93, was forced to resign after 37 years in power. His later years were marred by violence and corruption. He died in 2019.
Today’s giggle
Why did the chef lose the cooking competition? He ran out of thyme.
Birthdays
Icelandic singer Björk is 57. She began her music career at 11. First Wives Club star Goldie Hawn is 77. She and Kurt Russell have been partners since 1983. Desperate Housewives star Nicollette Sheridan is 59. She was born in Worthing. Blur bassist Alex James is 54. He now makes cheese. And many happy returns to Daily Mirror reader Tracey Kendrick, from Liverpool, who turns 49 today.
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