ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
NOVEMBER 30, 1967
LuLu ( pictured) has replaced Dusty Springfield as britain’s top female singer in a poll conducted by a national pop music paper. but Lulu — real name Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie — failed to topple Dusty from her two-year reign as the world’s best female singer. She came second. NOVEMBER 30, 1981
ACTRESS natalie Wood was found drowned yesterday after a search by lifeguards in the waters around a romantic holiday island. The 43-year-old film star and her husband, actor Robert Wagner, had been staying on their yacht off Santa Catalina Island near Los Angeles. Her body was found floating 200 yards offshore.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
DAvID nICHOLLS, 56. The self-described ‘awful’ actor gave up a career on the stage after realising: ‘I lacked not just talent and charisma, but the most basic of skills. Moving, standing still — things like that.’ Instead, he became a screenwriter and novelist — Starter For Ten, One Day and us being among his achievements — all of which were latter adapted for film or Tv. FRAnk IFIELD, 85. The Coventry-born singer had four no 1s in the 1960s, including I Remember You, one of the first singles to sell a million copies in britain. As a child, Ifield led the local community singing in the bomb shelters during the blitz. In 2012, a rare album by The beatles and Ifield that was considered a flop after its 1964 release fetched £14,340 on ebay.
BORN ON THIS DAY
MInDY McCREADY (1975-2013). The u.S. country music star made her name with her debut album Ten Thousand Angels which went platinum, but became as well known for her private demons. McCready was convicted of prescription drug fraud and was jailed for violating probation. She fatally shot herself a month after the father of her younger son had died the same way. G. GORDOn LIDDY (1930-2021). The u.S. lawyer and FbI agent instigated the Watergate burglary that brought about the downfall of President Richard nixon. He received the longest sentence of any of the conspirators and after prison wrote a spy thriller, established a security consultancy, acted in Miami vice and became a talk show host.
ON NOVEMBER 30 . . .
IN 1999, british Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merged to form bAE Systems — one of the world’s largest arms manufacturers. IN 2007, u.S. stuntman Evel knievel (pictured) died, aged 69, from pulmonary fibrosis.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION Obnubilate (coined late 16th century) A) To destroy. b) To cloud over or obscure. C) To cancel or postpone. answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED Fly in amber:
Meaning a curious relic or reminder from the past that has been preserved into the present. It alludes to the image of fossilised insects often found preserved in amber.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. Herman Melville, U.S. author of Moby Dick (1819-91)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHY does the norwegian navy put barcodes on the side of their vessels?
So they can Scandinavian.
Guess the Definition answer: B.