ON THIS DAY
July 18, 2019
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
JULY 18, 1918 EVERYONE in the British Empire and the United States will feel sympathy with ex-President [Theodore] Roosevelt on the death of his gallant son, Flt-Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, in action on the American front. In fighting for the common cause, it is one more bond between us that will not easily be forgotten. JULY 18, 1975 RINGO STARR’S teenage romance finally ended yesterday when his wife Maureen was granted a decree nisi in the London Divorce Court after his adultery with American model Nancy Andrews. Maureen was Ringo’s girlfriend before Beatlemania and was 18 when they wed.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SIR Richard Branson, 69. The London-born entrepreneur and founder of the virgin empire is worth an estimated £4billion. He insists it is easy to become a millionaire: ‘Start as a billionaire and then buy an airline.’ He was hoping to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s blast-off this week by launching himself into space, saying earlier this year: ‘you never know my luck.’ PRIYANKA CHOPRA, 37. The Bollywood star (right) was intending to become an engineer until she won Miss India and then Miss World. She has starred in more than 50 films, including the big- screen remake of Baywatch. In 2015, with her role in American Tv series Quantico, she became the first Indian to take the lead in a mainstream U.S. drama.
BORN ON THIS DAY
WILLIAM Makepeace Thackeray (18111863). The Calcutta-born British novelist wrote vanity Fair and The Book Of Snobs. Charlotte Brontë was such a fan that she dedicated Jane Eyre to him. He was the great-great-great-grandfather of ‘pub landlord’ comedian Al Murray, who inherited the writer’s inkwell. IAN STEWART (1938-1985). The sixth Rolling Stone (right) was dropped from the line-up when the band’s first manager Andrew Loog Oldham — who regarded Stewart as too old and too square — insisted there could be no more than five. The Fife- born musician stayed with the Stones as their road manager and pianist, appearing on tracks including Honky Tonk Women, Let It Bleed and Brown Sugar.
ON JULY 18…
IN 1919, the Cenotaph was erected in Whitehall for a parade marking the Treaty of versailles, the peace pact with Germany. It was made of wood and plaster and only intended to stand in Whitehall for a week.
IN 1969, U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy drove his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts. His passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, 28, was killed.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: fardel (c 1300) A) a bundle or parcel B) a grumbler C) a glutton ( Answer below)
PHRASE EXPLAINED: Black and blue —
meaning bruised or beaten up; the phrase can be traced to the 1300s and refers to the colours of a bruise.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
NOTHING is more sad than the death of an illusion Arthur Koestler, Hungarian author (1905-1983)
JOKE OF THE DAY
MARBLE doesn’t get the respect it deserves... A lot of people take it for granite. guess the Definition answer: A.