ON THIS DAY
IT’S DAY 14 OF 2016
When Richard Attenborough appeared in Jurassic Park in 1993 it was his first screen acting role for 14 years, during which time he had directed Gandhi, A Chorus Line, Cry Freedom and Chaplin. BIG BEN, the bell at the top of the Elizabeth Tower at the houses of Parliament, weighs almost 14 tonnes — equivalent to a dozen Mini Coopers. THERE are 14 different classifications of nose including the Snub ( Wayne Rooney) the hawk (Barbra Streisand) and the Roman (Tom Cruise), according to a recent study. The most common snout (25 per cent of those studied) was the Fleshy, best illustrated by Prince Philip (pictured).
THERE ARE 352 DAYS LEFT
BILLIONAIRE tycoon and film maker howard hughes set a world airspeed record of 352 mph in 1935 in his h-1 racing land-plane, which had an aluminium fuselage and wooden wings. he walked away unscathed after he ran out of fuel and had to crash land in a California beet field. BALLROOM dancing for an hour will burn around 352 calories — equivalent to 100g of Jelly Babies. She, the song by French crooner Charles Aznavour, became the UK’s 352nd number one in 1974. It was covered by Elvis Costello for the 1999 romantic comedy notting hill.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL, 51. The River Cottage TV presenter became a food writer after being fired as a sous chef from the River Cafe restaurant in London. he and his wife Marie adopted Chloe, the daughter of BBC journalist Kate Peyton, after the reporter was murdered by Islamic militants in Somalia in 2005. FAYE DUNAWAY, 75. The Oscar-winning star of the 1976 film network, and also Bonnie And Clyde (right) and Towering Inferno. She starred in The Thomas Crown Affair in 1968, with Steve McQueen, and in the film’s remake 31 years later, alongside Pierce Brosnan. She allegedly threw a cup of urine at bullying director Roman Polanski while making the hit movie Chinatown. MARK ADDY, 52. The York-born actor best known for playing Robert Baratheon in Game Of Thrones and TV comedy Trollied. he began his career building sets at York Theatre Royal and it took 13 years as a jobbing actor before he achieved global fame stripping off in the 1997 comedy The Full Monty.
BORN ON THIS DAY
WARREN MITCHELL (1926-2015). The London-born actor was best known for his role as the outspoken bigoted cockney Alf Garnett in sitcom Till Death Us Do Part. A West ham fan in the TV series, in real life he was a Tottenham supporter. BENEDICT ARNOLD (1741-1801). The American Revolutionary War general whose bravery and achievements in his fight against the British were overlooked by the Americans to such an extent that he changed sides over to the British. After the war he moved to London and for Americans his name will be forever a byword for treachery.
ON JANUARY 14 ...
In 1878, Queen Victoria became the first monarch to speak on the telephone after being given a demonstration by its inventor, Alexander Graham Bell.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gates to eternity
Poet Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHAT do you call an out-of-work jester?
Nobody’s Fool.