ON THIS DAY
August 29, 2017
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
AUGUST 29, 1962 BLONDE actress Lore Frisch, one of East Germany’s film idols, has committed suicide because of the Berlin Wall. Lore, 37, who was persuaded to move to the Soviet sector shortly before the Wall was built, killed herself because she could no longer visit her parents’ home. The news was given by friends in the West. The Communists have not reported her death. AUGUST 29, 1966 PRINCE Philip has withdrawn from the England polo team because of the Government’s £50 foreign travel allowance restriction. He will not join the team’s visit to Argentina in October and November. A Palace official said last night: ‘When everybody else is being restricted, Prince Philip would not want to set a bad example by spending unlimited sums.’
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
LIAM PAyNE, 24. The singer from Wolverhampton was in One Direction, before embarking on a solo career earlier this year. His girlfriend, former X Factor judge Cheryl Cole( pictured together), 34, gave birth to their son Bear in March. Payne said: ‘She chose Bear because it’s a name that when you leave a room you won’t forget. And I like that.’ BRIAN CHESKy, 36. Billionaire CEO and co-founder of Airbnb, the room rental company. In 2007, working in LA, he and flat-mate Joe Gebbia could not afford their rent so bought three air mattresses and advertised ‘Airbed and Breakfast’, with three guests staying the first night. At his high school he was into hockey and drawing. His high school yearbook quote was ‘I’m sure I’ll amount to nothing.’
BORN ON THIS DAY
DINAH WASHINGTON (1924-1963). The U.S. singer, dubbed ‘Queen of the Blues’, was born Ruth Lee Jones, married seven times and died aged just 39 after an accidental overdose of pills she had been taking for dieting and insomnia. CHARLES GRAy ( 19282000). The Bournemouthborn actor is best remembered as Bond villain Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever ( right) — but four years earlier he played a good guy in you Only Live Twice, 007’s contact Dikko Henderson.
ON AUGUST 29…
In 1831, Michael Faraday discovered electro magnetic induction using an iron ring and five coils of copper wire.
In 1991, the Soviet Parliament voted to suspend the activities of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans with winds of 200km per hour, submerging the city in up to 6ft of water.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION Pica (coined from French/Latin 1563) A) A craving for unsuitable food (such as chalk), which occurs during pregnancy. B) An ill-tempered woman; a shrew. C) A baby’s tooth. Answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED
A cat has nine lives: Derives from the belief that a cat is more tenacious than other animals because it generally lands upon its feet without injury. From an old English proverb ‘for three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays’.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
Civility costs nothing and buys everything. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (1689-1762)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHY can’t your nose be 12 inches long? Because then it would be a foot. Guess The Definition answer: A. Compiled by ETAN SMALLMAN and ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD