ON THIS DAY
September 21, 2017
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE SEPTEMBER 21, 1955 THE Football League, once arch-enemies of radio and television, has allowed the BBC to tele-record League matches. Five-minute excerpts will be shown during Saturday evening sports television programmes. The ban on ‘live’ television of League matches, however, will remain. SEPTEMBER 21, 1964 FRANK SINATRA was fined £150 for ‘disturbing the peace’ at Malaga today after a nightclub scuffle involving a blonde singer. HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPHEN KING, 70. known as the ‘ king of Horror’, the prolific American author has published 54 novels, many of which have become Hollywood blockbusters including The Green Mile and the remake of It, featuring an evil clown (right). In 1999, king was the victim of a hit-and-run that left him with a shattered leg, broken hip, ribs and a punctured lung. The writer was distraught that the driver wasn’t jailed, saying: ‘What he took from me, my time, my peace of mind and ease of body, are simply gone.’ SHINZO ABE, 63. The Japanese prime minister is the son of a former foreign minister and grandson of an ex-PM who was held as a suspected war criminal after WWII, but never charged. Abe was said to have snubbed Theresa May during her visit to Japan last month when he gave her a cookbook in return for a priceless banknote signed by Japan’s founding fathers. BORN ON THIS DAY GUSTAV HOLST ( 1874- 1934). The Cheltenham-born composer wanted to be a pianist, but suffered inflamed nerves that left one arm feeling ‘like a jelly overcharged with electricity’. His orchestral suite, The Planets, came about after he was introduced to astrology by another composer on a trip to Spain. He cast friends’ horoscopes from then on. CHUCK JONES ( 1912- 2002). Best-known for his work on Looney Tunes cartoons starring Bugs Bunny (right) and the Road Runner, Jones credited his artistic streak to his father’s slew of failed business ventures. Jones Sr would buy pencils and paper, with the company name on, each time he set up a new firm and, when the business failed, hand the stationery over to his children to draw with.
ON SEPTEMBER 21…
IN 1955, the uk annexed Rockall, an islet 300 miles west of Scotland, to prevent the Soviets using it to spy on uk missile tests.
IN 2013, Al-Shabaab terrorists stormed the Westgate mall in nairobi, kenya, beginning an 80-hour siege that left 67 dead. WORD WIZARDRY GUESS THE DEFINITION Ostreger (coined 1400) A) Cartilage of a cow’s shoulder. B) A calfskin used to filter a cow’s milk. C) keeper of goshawks. Answer below PHRASE EXPLAINED All in a day’s work: Said of an unexpected task added to the daily routine, possibly from a nautical term, a ‘day’s work’ — the job of reckoning a ship’s course from one noon to the next. QUOTE FOR TODAY IF moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime. Jack Kerouac, U.S. novelist (1922-1969) JOKE OF THE DAY I ONCE thanked a Frenchman to death. It was a merci killing. Guess the Definition answer: C.