JUNE 13, 2017 ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
JUNE 13, 1941 WINSTON CHURCHILL made one of the most moving speeches addressed to the world. he reiterated that germany would be ‘more than repaid’ for the miseries her bombers had wrought on Britain and Europe, vowing: ‘We shall aid and stir the people of every conquered country to resistance and revolt.’ JUNE 13, 1963 DOLORES HART, the 24-year-old film actress and co- star of Elvis Presley, is becoming a nun. a hollywood spokesman said that she has entered a convent in new England. Miss hart starred with Presley in her first film, Loving You, right. ( Today, she is the only nun in the Academy that votes for who wins the Oscars.)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
KATHY BURKE, 53. actress, comedian and director, who first found fame in sketch shows French & Saunders and harry Enfield. in 1996, when actress helena Bonham Carter complained ‘how hard it is being pretty and posh’, Burke responded: ‘as a lifelong member of the non-pretty working classes, shut up you stupid ****.’ She later said: ‘it was just sisterly advice.’ ALAN HANSEN, 62. The former Liverpool and Scotland footballer retired as Match Of The Day pundit in 2014 because of nerves. he said: ‘after 22 years, i kept telling myself i wouldn’t get so nervous, but it got worse.’
BORN ON THIS DAY
LUCY DUFF-GORDON (1863-1935). Lady Duff- gordon was the leading couture designer of the Edwardian era, known as Lucile. a survivor of the sinking of Titanic in 1912, she had another close call in 1915 when she booked her passage aboard the RMS Lusitania, but cancelled the trip due to illness. The Lusitania was hit by a german torpedo and sank in 18 minutes. WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS (1865-1939). The poet and playwright, once described as ‘the greatest living poet’, was the first irishman to be awarded the nobel Prize in 1923. at 69, he underwent a rejuvenating op — a version of a vasectomy — which triggered a ‘second puberty’ and allowed him to have several affairs with younger women.
ON JUNE 13...
IN 1983, U.S. space probe Pioneer 10 (right) became the first man- made object to leave the solar system when it crossed neptune’s orbit.
IN 2005, ‘king of Pop’ Michael Jackson was cleared of abusing and conspiring to kidnap a 13-year-old boy after a four-month trial.
WORD WIZARDRY
NEW WORD OF THE DAY
Spankbuster: a popular novel that has scenes of sado- masochism ( from the massive sales of Fifty Shades Of grey). GUESS THE DEFINITION Forplaint (coined 1423) a) anything badly formed or out of shape. B) Child that dies within a month of birth. C) Tired from complaining. Answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED
Skin of your teeth: Barely managing to do something; the phrase suggests something so thin and elusive as to be insubstantial.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
FOR every minute you remain angry, you give up 60 seconds of peace of mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. philosopher (1803-82)
JOKE OF THE DAY
HAVE you heard about corduroy pillows? They’re making headlines. Guess The Definition answer: C.