ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE JULY 25, 1964
FIVE thousand Rolling Stones fans went mad last night after guitarist Keith Richards tried to kick a youth who had run on stage. They smashed £2,000 worth of the group’s equipment and hurled a grand piano off stage at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool. Richards said: ‘A gang kept spitting at us while we were playing. I lost my temper.’
JULY 25, 1947
FoUR hundred would-be squatters are waiting to invade Sunninghill Park, near Ascot, Berkshire, believed to be the chosen home of Princess Elizabeth and lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. The squatters have written a ‘round robin’ to the Princess explaining their need for homes and telling her how suitable the land would be.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
IMAn, 62. The Somali-born former fashion model, entrepreneur and philanthropist ( right) was born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid and renamed Iman — ‘Faith’ in Arabic — at her grandparents’ request. She is the widow of David Bowie and, on what would have been their 25th anniversary in June, posted a tribute saying: ‘I would walk forever, just to be in your arms again.’ RITA MARlEY, 71. Bob Marley’s widow has said she was aware of his many infidelities and would often ‘usher women out of his room’. They had three biological children together, and 11 more between them. Bob had eight children with eight other women; Rita had three others: one before she met Bob, and two others while married to him.
BORN ON THIS DAY
ESTEllE GETTY ( 1923- 2008). The Golden Globe-winning U. S. actress shot to fame aged 63 playing the octogenarian matriarch in TV comedy The Golden Girls (right), quipping: ‘After 50 years in the business, I’m an overnight success.’ GAVRIlo PRInCIP (1894-1918). In June 1914, the Bosnian Serb, aged 19, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo with just one shot. The killing led to Austria-Hungary’s invasion of Serbia, which triggered World War I. He escaped hanging, as he was two weeks short of his 20th birthday and died in jail of TB.
ON JULY 25 . . .
IN 1943, Mussolini stepped down as head of Italy’s armed forces and government. IN 1992, the Barcelona olympics opened, the first Games in modern history to have athletes from every country in the world. IN 2000, an Air France Concorde crashed just after take-off from Paris, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground.
WORD WIZARDRY GUESS THE DEFINITION Gelasin (coined 1630)
A) Metallic dust from grinding metal. B) Dimple-like dent in cheeks when smiling. C) The sound made by a steel weapon when drawn from a sheath. Answer below.
PHRASE EXPLAINED
In my mind’s eye: Meaning in my imagination; the concept of us having an ‘ eye in our mind’ dates back to the 14th century, when Chaucer used it in The Man of law’s Tale.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
EVERY bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen. Amy Winehouse, singer-songwriter (1983-2011)
JOKE OF THE DAY
A MAn turned up to a duel armed with just a pencil and paper. He then proceeded to draw his weapon. Guess The Definition answer: B