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 3rd May 2015
1945 Germany signs an unconditional surrender to end the Second world war
1960 Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong Jones in Westminster Abbey
1961 Alan Shepard was the first American in Space
1979 Margaret Thatcher is elected as the first female Prime Minister
1994 The Channel Tunnel is formally opened by the Queen and President Mitterrand
1998 Sinn Fein backs the Good Friday Peace Agreement in Northern Ireland
2000 Ken Livingstone becomes the first elected Mayor of London
This week’s Birthdays
4th Entertainer Michael Barrymore is 63
5th Actor/presenter Michael Palin is 72
6th Politician Tony Blair is 62 as is TV antique expert Tim Wonnacott
7th Celebrity chef Brian Turner is 69
8th Presenter David Attenborough is 89
9th Actor Albert Finney is 79 as is actress turned politician Glenda Jackson
10th Singer Donovan is 69
