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 13th April 2015
1956 Prince Rainier marries Grace Kelly in Monaco
1964 Sidney Poitier becomes the first black man to win an Oscar for Best Actor
1984 WPC Yvonne Fletcher is shot and killed outside the Libyan embassy in London
1986 John McCarthy is abducted on his way to the airport in Beirut
2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger becomes the new Pope, Pope Benedict XVI
This week’s Birthdays
13th Actor Peter Davison is 64
14th Actor Peter Capaldi is 57 and actress Julie Christie is 74
15th Actress Emma Thompson is 56
16th Pope Benedict XVI is 88
17th Singer/entrepreneur Victoria Beckham is 41
18th Actor David Tennant is 44 and actress Hayley Mills is 69
Spot the Doctor Who connection!
