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 6th April 2015
1953 Jomo Kenyatta is sentenced to 7 years hard labour for his part in the Mau Mau uprising
1968 Race Riots break out in USA after the assassination of Martin Luther King
1986 Clint Eastwood is voted in as mayor of Carmel after a landslide victory
1997 Martin Bell veteran war reporter turns politician to stand for parliament
1998 Northern Ireland Peace the Good Friday Agreement is reached after two years of talks with Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern
2005 Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony in Windsor
This week’s Birthdays
7th Actor Russell Crowe is 52
8th Singer Julian Lennon is 52 and ex UN secretary Kofi Annam is 77
9th Publisher Hugh Hefner is 89
10th Actor Omar Sharif is 83
11th Presenter Jeremy Clarkson is 55
12th Teenage heartthrob David Cassidy is 65
