Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
Our front page about PM Harold Macmillan’s historic TV chat with US President Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower at No10 revealed it was watched by an estimated 100 million people.
78 YEARS AGO (1939)
Germany’s invasion of Poland with 1.5 million troops, supported by the Luftwaffe, put the Nazi regime on a war-footing with Britain and France.
41 YEARS AGO (1976)
Some 11,500 standpipes were connected in Yorkshire as Britain experienced its worst drought since records began in 1772.
Birthdays
England footballer Daniel Sturridge is 28. Actress Lily Tomlin is 78. Singer Barry Gibb is 71. And many happy returns to Mirror readers Molly Page from Solva, Pembs, 80 today, and Emily Holland from Crewe, Cheshire, 28.
Today’s events
9.45am The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire open Chatsworth Country Fair in Bakewell, Derbys. 7.45pm England play Malta away in a Group F qualifying match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
10.15pm Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, and Sir Tom Jones, perform the 65th Prom, celebrating Stax Records, at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Today’s giggle
A man asked for a small donation for our local swimming pool, so I gave him a glass of water…