ON THIS DAY
May 15, 2017
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
MAY 15, 1952 CoLIn GRounDWATER, 22, yesterday became the first man in Britain to be arrested and jailed as a result of his appearance on a television programme.
In What’s My Line? last January he gave his correct name and said his occupation was a frogman in the orkneys. He received three guineas for his appearance. Just previously he had persuaded a bank official he had an account and had given his name as Stuart. The official saw ‘Stuart’ on TV and told police. Groundwater admitted obtaining a £1,275 car by worthless cheques. MAY 15, 1968 TWo of The Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, said today that their recent involvement with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was ‘a mistake’. The pair told a Press conference in new York: ‘He was human. For a while we thought he was not.’
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
AnDY MuRRAY, 30. The Glasgow-born olympic gold medal-winning and world no. 1 tennis player became the first British male in 77 years to win Wimbledon in 2013 (pictured). He has only tried alcohol once — and was sick outside a club in Barcelona. ZARA PHILLIPS, 36. The daughter of Princess Anne was known for her piercings and for sunbathing topless and bungeejumping on her gap year in Australia before she proved herself as an equestrian, becoming an eventing world champion. She married former England rugby player Mike Tindall in 2011, after the pair were introduced by Prince Harry.
BORN ON THIS DAY
L. FRAnk BAuM (18561919). The u.S. author of the Wonderful Wizard of oz books, that inspired the 1939 film with Judy Garland (right), got the name of his wizard while staring at a drawer of his filing cabinet labelled ‘o to Z’. JAMES MASon (1909-1984). The Huddersfield-born actor starred in north By northwest. His first wife, Pamela, would hold parties till 5am while Mason went to bed with a glass of milk or prune juice. Theirs was America’s first $1million divorce.
ON MAY 15 . . .
IN 1930, the first female flight attendant, Ellen Church, started her first shift on a united Airlines flight from San Francisco.
IN 1940, Brothers Maurice and Richard McDonald opened the first McDonald’s outlet in California.
IN 1991, Edith Cresson became France’s first and only female prime minister, but was not popular and lasted less than a year.
WORD WIZARDRY
NEW WORD OF THE DAY Facekini: A mask worn on the beach to prevent one’s face from tanning. GUESS THE DEFINITION Didapper (coined 1612) A) one who vanishes, then pops up again. B) one finicky about dress; a dandy. C) A pole slung across a stream to stop cattle passing. Answer below PHRASE EXPLAINED Pig and roast — rhyming slang for toast dating back to World War II and referring to the basic menu eaten by British soldiers.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
I shAll be an autocrat; that’s my trade. And the good lord will forgive me; that’s his. Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1729-1796)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHY do shipbuilders have such high job satisfaction? Their work is truly riveting. Guess The Definition answer: A