ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
SEPTEMBER 21, 1955 THE first ITN newscast will be delivered by Chris Chataway, Oxford graduate and three-mile record-holding distance-runner. Chataway, who will appear every weekday at 10pm, said: ‘I deliver news items largely in my own words, and with my own opinions if I should feel strongly about anything.’ SEPTEMBER 21, 1957 THE Pope is said to be considering Church punishment for careless drivers. A Vatican source said: ‘Reckless driving falls under the sanction of the Fifth Commandment, “Thou shalt not kill.”’ The Pontiff has reminded Roman Catholics of this twice recently — in audiences to motor- scooter riders and Italian Automobile Club officials.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
LIAM GALLAGHER, 46. The Manchester- born rocker has a long-running feud with his brother Noel, with whom he formed Oasis, saying of him: ‘I’ve had more fun with a tin of sardines.’ Liam has two sons and two daughters with four women, including ex-wives actress Patsy Kensit and pop star Nicole Appleton (pictured). He met his 21-year-old daughter Molly, whose mum is singer Lisa Moorish, for the first time in May. He said: ‘The girl’s been looked after and clothed and fed and sent to lovely schools. I bought them a house and all that tack.’ He said of his other daughter: ‘I’ve not met the one in New York either.’ SIMON MAYO, 60. The DJ and novelist has spent 36 years at the BBC. Mayo, who is paid up to £350,000 a year by Auntie, said his most extravagant- ever purchase was two cashmere Gucci jumpers at £200 each. His most embarrassing moment was when model Naomi Campbell was persuaded to bring a cake to the studio on his birthday and he had no idea who she was.
BORN ON THIS DAY
SIR JIMMY YOUNG (19212016). There were questions in Parliament in 2002 when the veteran DJ was replaced by Jeremy Vine on Radio 2. His show combined music, consumer advice and political interviews ( Margaret Thatcher appeared 14 times). Of his softly-softly technique, Sir Jimmy said: ‘You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.’ LEONARD COHEN ( 1934- 2016). The Canadian singer- songwriter, poet and novelist behind hit Hallelujah was dubbed the ‘godfather of gloom’. Cohen said: ‘I like a good laugh, but I think there’s enjoyment that comes through seriousness.’ A father of two, he said he was ‘too frightened’ to ever marry, but that even in old age ‘the heart goes on cooking, sizzling like shish kebab’.
ON SEPTEMBER 21…
IN 1971, BBC’s The Old Grey Whistle Test began, hosted by, ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris. IN 2016, a study in journal Nature confirmed indigenous Australians are the oldestknown continuous civilisation on Earth.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Incalescence A) Between sleep and waking. B) State of depression. C) Process of becoming warm or hot. Answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED
Ducks in a row: Meaning to order one’s affairs. It probably derives from a mother duck with her ducklings following in a line.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
A chAMPion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning. Billie Jean King, U.S. tennis star
JOKE OF THE DAY
MOST people get a shock when they find out…I’m a very incompetent electrician. Guess The Definition answer: c.