ON THIS DAY

FROM THE ARCHIVE MARCH 22, 2002

KATE MOSS is expecting her first child, it was revealed last night. The supermodel, 28, right. famed for her svelte figure, is three months pregnant by her boyfriend, magazine publisher Jefferson Hack.

MARCH 22, 2008

PETER O’Toole has put his foot in it again – or his arm, in this case, by raising it in a Nazi salute at the mention of Pope Benedict XVI. The Irish actor, 75, was attending an event in New York, and was asked by US columnist Cindy Adams what he thinks of the current Pope. He responded by giving a Nazi salute and said: ‘I call him Pope Hermann.’ He was undoubtedly referring to the fact the German-born pontiff, 79, was a member of the Hitler Youth organisation as a youngster, and later went on to join the army.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, 76. The London-born impresario composed The Phantom Of The Opera, Cats, Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar, which he was told was ‘the worst idea in history’. He is worth €588million, and owns six West End theatres.

BORN ON THIS DAY

JOHN ‘JOCKY’ WILSON (19502012). The Scottish former world darts champion, right, reached at least the quarter-finals of every World Championship between 1979 and 1991. He weighed up to 17st and his sweets habit meant he lost all his teeth by age 28. He died in poverty in a one-bed flat. LEONARD ‘CHICO’ MARX (1887-1961). The US comedian was the eldest of the Marx Brothers. His last words were: ‘Put in my coffin a deck of cards, a mashie niblick [a type of golf club], and a pretty blonde.’

ON MARCH 22…

IN 1896, Greek athlete Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon.

WORD WIZARDRY

GUESS THE DEFINITION Frabjous (coined 1872) a) angry, irritated b) joyous, delightful c) imaginary

PHRASE EXPLAINED To lay it on with a trowel (c 1598)

TO GROSSLY exaggerate or overemphasise something the phrase derives from Shakespeare’s As You Like It when Celia says to Touchstone: ‘Well said, that was laid on with a trowel.’

QUOTE FOR TODAY

I make a lot of money and I’m worth every cent. Naomi Campbell, English model

JOKE OF THE DAY

HOW does a frog feel when it has a broken leg? Unhoppy. Guess The Definition answer: B.