ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE JUNE 1, 1957
Arthur Miller, playwright husband of Marilyn Monroe, was today found guilty of contempt of Congress in Washington. he had refused to give the names of Communist writers he had met in 1947. Now he faces a possible £357 fine and a year’s jail.
JUNE 1, 1963
Mr MACMillAN owes it to the nation to order a new pair of trousers as soon as possible. So says the editor of the tailor and Cutter following a picture of the Prime Minister leaving church near his Sussex home wearing a suit patched at the knees.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BriAN Cox, 71. the Dundee-born actor, pictured, who has played everyone from Winston Churchill to hermann Goering, is frustrated by being mistaken for his namesake tV scientist: ‘Professor Brian Cox is the bane of my life. he’s a remarkable young man, but it is irritating to keep being confused with him — “Can you come on tV and discuss quantum physics?” ’ roNNie WooD, 70. the rolling Stones guitarist became a father for the fifth and sixth time last year aged 68 when his wife gave birth to twins. he said that in the Seventies he would start the day with ‘eight pints of Guinness, then on to the vodka, a couple of bottles of that’. he once lived with a ‘great, relaxed’ flatmate, Jimi hendrix.
BORN ON THIS DAY
Sir FrANk Whittle (1907-1996). the inventor of the jet engine joined the rAF at 16 before becoming a fighter pilot. he patented his idea after the Air Ministry turned him down. When his company Power Jets was nationalised, he gave up his shares and rights, insisting: ‘My belief is that a serving officer should not be in a position to benefit from his employment.’ eDWArD WooDWArD ( 1930- 2009). the actor, pictured, who starred in cult thriller the Wicker Man later played ex-spy robert McCall in itV drama the equalizer. throughout filming from 1986 to 1989 in Manhattan, he worked 18-hour shifts and lived on junk food and 100 cigarettes a day. on his return to the uk, he had a heart attack.
ON JUNE 1...
IN 1967, the Beatles released their Sgt Peppers lonely hearts Club Band album.
IN 1970, harold Wilson was hit by an egg thrown by a Young Conservative protester. the Prime Minister retorted: ‘if they are fighting the cost of living, obviously eggs must be cheap enough to throw about.’
IN 1979, rhodesia became Zimbabwerhodesia, as 90 years of white rule ended.
WORD WIZARDRY NEW WORD OF THE DAY Daggering:
A dance originating from Jamaica in which a man makes raunchy moves towards a woman.
GUESS THE DEFINITION Thenar (coined 1672)
A) the second swarm of bees in a season. B) the flesh at the base of the thumb. C) the runt of a litter of pigs. Answer below.
PHRASE EXPLAINED Glove money:
A bribe, it refers to the ancient custom of giving a pair of gloves to a person who undertook a cause on your behalf.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
ExpEct nothing. Live frugally on surprise. Alice Walker, U.S. writer
JOKE OF THE DAY
WhAt happened when the semicolon broke the laws of grammar? He was given two consecutive sentences. Guess the Definition answer: B.