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 February in years past.
Some of the events that seemed momentous at the time have now been absorbed into everyday life.
1959 Fidel Castro is sworn in as Cuban Premier
1972 The Miners Strike causes homes and businesses to be without electricity
1986 Space Station Mir is launched by the Soviets
1996 Bus bomb blast kills 3 in London
2005 The Hunting Ban comes into force making it illegal to hunt with dogs.
This week’s Birthdays
16th Eastender actress June Brown is 88
18th Actor John Travolta is 61
19th Soul singer Smokey Robinson is 75 and actor Ray Winstone is 58
20th Ex PM Gordon Brown is 64
21th Actor Alan Rickman is 69 and Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe is 91
22nd Entertainer Bruce Forsyth is 87
