ON THIS DAY
June 5, 2018
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE JUNE 5, 1948
PRINCESS ELIZABETH expects to become a mother in the autumn. An official announcement from Buckingham Palace last night stated that she will undertake no public engagements after the end of this month. The baby, who will be second in the direct succession to the throne and the King and Queen’s first grandchild, will become a Prince or Princess, and if a boy may be created Prince of Wales. [Charles was born on november 14, 1948.]
JUNE 5, 1963
BLUEPRINTS for a flying car are being studied by nato chiefs. It has been designed by British aircraft and university researchers to fill a gap in Western defence. The car is planned to beat the lethal problems of a nuclear-devastated area — by flying over it.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
MARK WAHLBERG, 47. The American actor, ex model and rapper (called Marky Mark) is the youngest of nine children. The star of Deepwater Horizon and Transformers (right) was a drug addict by 13 but became a devout Catholic after being jailed aged 16 for violence. He co-founded Wahlburgers, a chain of burger joints, with two brothers. ROSS NOBLE, 42. A regular on BBC 1’s Have I Got news For You, the newcastleborn comedian got into stand-up after discovering he was dyslexic. not wanting an academic career, he had stints as a street juggler and stilt-walker before turning to comedy. When noble and his Australian wife Fran lived on a farm near Melbourne in 2009, it was destroyed by a bush fire along with all his possessions.
BORN ON THIS DAY
BEATRICE DE CARDI (1914-2016). The daughter of a Corsican count and an American singer was the world’s oldest practising archaeologist, working until aged 100. After World War II, she braved bandits and wolves to excavate sites in Balochistan, Pakistan. Historian Michael Wood dubbed her ‘partMiss Marple and part-Indiana Jones’. WILLIAM BOYD (1895–1972). The American actor, who played cowboy Hopalong Cassidy, estimated in 1940 that he had starred in 28 films, fired 30,000 shots and killed at least 100 ‘varmints’. He’d worn out 12 outfits and 60 ten-gallon hats, ridden his horse Topper more than 2,000 miles and saved 20 heroines — but kissed none.
ON JUNE 5...
IN 1956, Elvis Presley (right) performed Hound Dog on the The Milton Berle Show, his first TV appearance in which his whole body could be seen after his pelvic thrusts scandalised America.
IN 2004, 40th U.S. President ronald reagan died, aged 93.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Bugaboo (1870) A) Youth between boyhood and manhood. B) The object of obsessive fear or anxiety. C) A call used by huntsmen to direct the attentions of a dog. Answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED
Hokey-pokey: Deception or trickery, from the early 17th century when the words ‘hocus-pocus’ were part of the conjuror’s patter used to divert the attention of spectators.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
THE world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. Oscar Wilde, playwright (1854-1900)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHAT’s the easiest way to get straight As? By using a ruler. Guess The Definition answer: B.