June 30, 2022 ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
JUNE 30, 1995
A DEVASTATED Elizabeth Hurley last night admitted: ‘I am very much alone.’
In her first public reaction to boyfriend Hugh Grant’s sordid encounter with a vice girl, she appeared close to abandoning him for his betrayal.
She is so upset she seems undecided whether she should stay with the disgraced actor.
JUNE 30, 2003
KATHARINE HEPBURN died yesterday aged 96. The screen legend won a record four best actress Oscars in a career that spanned seven decades.
Miss Hepburn married once, briefly, but the love of her life was Spencer Tracy, with whom she made 12 films.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
MICHAEL PHELPS, 37.
With 28 medals — including eight golds at a single
Games — the U.S. swimmer is the most decorated Olympian in history. One sports writer said: ‘ The chances of any other male athlete from any sport eclipsing Phelps’s tally are not so much remote as inconceivable.’ RUPERT GRAVES, 59. The Somersetborn actor tried to take his own life at 15, and said: ‘If I could go back to just before I took the pills I’d probably just sit down and hold my younger self’s hand and say, “listen, I can help you through this”.’ He left school with no qualifications, to join the circus and then worked at Butlin’s.
BORN ON THIS DAY
FLORENCE BALLARD
( 1943- 76). She was the original lead singer of The Primettes, who became The Supremes, before being replaced by bandmate diana Ross. Nine years later, she died of a heart attack while living on welfare, following a struggle with alcoholism. MADGE BELLAMY (1899-1990). The U.S. silent film actress attracted more headlines for her private life than for her career. Bellamy and husband Logan Metcalf separated just four days after their wedding. She was charged with assault after firing three shots at a boyfriend who jilted her for a model, but escaped with a six-month suspended sentence.
ON JUNE 30…
IN 1934, Adolf Hitler’s purge of Nazi leaders began. It became known as the Night of the Long Knives.
IN 2017, former BBC film critic and daily Mail showbusiness editor Barry Norman died, aged 83.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Raiment (c. late 14th century)
A) Clothing, apparel, attire.
B) The amount of liquid by which a container falls short of being full.
C) A rainbow. Answer below PHRASE EXPLAINED: Babes in the wood: Inexperienced people in a situation that demands experience; it alludes to a 16thcentury ballad The Children In The Wood in which two children are abandoned in the wood by their wicked uncle who tries to steal their inheritance. Though they die, their uncle is brought to justice.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.
Lord Byron, English poet (1788-1824)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHY did Mickey Mouse take a trip into space? He wanted to find Pluto. Guess the Definition answer: A