Every week we go back to re-visit some of the significant happenings that took place in living memory; just about, for some of us.
To remind ourselves of how life has changed and how some things stay the same it is fascinating to note what made the news this week, starting 16th March in years past.
1953 Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia arrives in Britain, the first communist head of state to visit the country
1967 Supertanker Torrey Canyon is grounded off the coast of Cornwall
1982 Argentinian soldiers plant a flag on South Georgia
1995 Ronnie Kray gangland killer dies in hospital
1999 Ernie Wise dies at the age of 73
2003 US launches missiles at Saddam Hussein’s Baghdad
This week’s Birthdays
16th Actor Jerry Lewis is 89
17th Actress Lesley-Anne Down is 61 and Actor Patrick Duffy is 66
19th Actress Ursula Andress is 79 and Glenn Close is 68
20th Director Spike Lee is 58
21st Bond Actor Timothy Dalton is 71
