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 17th November, in years past.
Some of the events that seemed momentous at the time have now been absorbed into everyday life.
1963 President Kennedy shot and killed in Dallas Texas
1975 Spanish Dictator Franco dies at the age of 82 from heart failure
1991 Church envoy Terry Waite is freed in Beirut after being held hostage for over 4 years
1994 Britain’s first lottery draw made on the BBC flagship programme
2000 Catherine Zeta Jones marries Michael Douglas 25 years her senior in New York
This week’s Birthdays
17th Presenter Jonathan Ross is 54
18th Walton Sextuplets are 31
19th Chef Raymond Blanc is 65
21st Actress Liza Tarbuck is 50
22nd Actor Tom Conti is 73
