ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE NOVEMBER 2, 1943 PrOfESOr Danyel Jones, Hed of the fonetik Department, spok yestudy at University Kolij abowt Nu Speling and sed if we adopted it, it wood sav at leest wun yere of skool for chilldren. He sujestid riting this Nu Speling with twenty-for konsonants and six vowels. NOVEMBER 2, 1957 BrITISH television was picked up for the first time today in New York — 3,000 miles away. A fairly clear picture, but with no sound, was received between 5.45pm and 7.15pm at the Press and Wireless radio station on Long Island. The pictures showed a magician smoking cigarettes while drinking water at the same time. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAvID ScHWIMMEr, 52. The actor, best known as goofy ross Geller in friends, has admitted he was ‘a bully’ at school in Beverly Hills. After friends he adopted a relatively low profile, turning down the Will Smith role in Men In Black. He re-emerged in 2016 as robert Kardashian in Tv smash, American crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson and was nominated for an Emmy.
SAMANTHA WOMAcK, 46. The Brighton-born actress who played ronnie Mitchell in EastEnders, said she was ‘devastated’ when she found out her character was being killed off after nine years. She claimed her most lucrative job was saying two lines in an advert: ‘The AA team. Here to get you a better deal,’ for which she earned £20,000. Samantha’s aunt is Angie Best, ex-wife of football legend George. BORN ON THIS DAY STEvE DITKO (1927-2018). The reclusive American comic book artist, the co-creator of Spider-Man and creator of Doctor Strange, gave his last formal interview in 1968. Stan Lee had the original idea for Spider-Man, but Ditko came up with his ‘spider-sense’ of danger and created villains including the Green Goblin and Sandman. BUrT LANcASTEr (19131994). The Oscar-winning American actor, star of from Here To Eternity, worked as a circus acrobat and a lingerie salesman in a department store. He grew up in poverty and said he may well have become a juvenile delinquent without his local library, where he would read Ernest Hemingway and f Scott fitzgerald.
ON NOVEMBER 2…
IN 1898, Johnny campbell of the University of Minnesota became the U. S.’ s first cheerleader. for decades, the activity was the preserve of men.
IN 1996, U.S. singer Eva cassidy died of skin cancer, aged 33. Her fame in the UK was boosted after her death, when Terry Wogan played her music on his radio 2 breakfast show. WORD WIZARDRY GUESS THE DEFINITION: omurice (2018) A) a jealousy among wives B) a greedy sponger c) a Japanese dish of an omelette filled with fried rice and topped with ketchup Answer below
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Hit below the belt: meaning to say something that is insensitive, offensive or unfair; it comes from boxing, in which it is illegal to hit an opponent below the belt. QUOTE FOR TODAY THE essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale Richard Dawkins, English scientist JOKE OF THE DAY WHEN is it bad luck to meet a black cat? When you’re a mouse. Guess The Definition answer: C.