World & Nation
The ruling Conservative Party lost a parliamentary by-election today in a sharp rebuke of a new poll tax.
March 8, 1991
USC Sports
All-Southern Section pick Nigel Clay of Fontana, one of the top offensive line prospects in the country, Thursday night picked Oklahoma over USC and gave a verbal commitment to play for the Sooners.
Feb. 7, 1986
Sports
Nigel Hayes scored 20 points, Zak Showalter added 18 and No. 14 Wisconsin used an active start on the defensive end to build an early lead and defeat Rutgers, 72-52, on Tuesday night.
Dec. 27, 2016
Books
The Italian Secretary A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes Caleb Carr Carroll & Graf: 266 pp., $23.95
May 8, 2005
Nigel Mansell won’t be there to attract the attention of the world motor racing press when rookie orientation begins today for the May 30 Indianapolis 500, but another Formula One champion, Nelson Piquet of Brazil, will be among the 10 newcomers going to school.
April 29, 1993
Entertainment & Arts
Twelve years ago, Nigel Binns started working toward a simple yet ambitious goal: to establish himself as an artist whose works would inspire and educate the citizens of Los Angeles.
Oct. 11, 1992
Guerrillas of the Irish Republican Army killed Northern Ireland’s second-highest judge and his wife Saturday in a bomb blast that turned their car into a fireball.
April 26, 1987
Television
So You Think You Can Dance Paula Abdul, Jason Derulo, Nigel Lythgoe and Maddie Ziegler are the judges, and Cat Deeley is the host. 8 p.m.
Sept. 4, 2016
Darrell Waltrip steered through a last-lap tangle involving leaders Dale Earnhardt and Terry Labonte and scored his first victory of the season Sunday in the Goody’s 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va.
Sept. 28, 1987
John Lorge has been appointed the San Diego Symphony’s principal horn, orchestra officials announced Tuesday.
May 2, 1990