ON THIS DAY
August 10, 2018
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
AUGUST 10, 1940 HOUSEWIVES will now have only four types of loaf to choose from: sandwich, tin, oven-bottom and batch loaves. The restrictions will economise on wartime labour and baking capacity and reduce waste. AUGUST 10, 1968 MISS Helen Mirren is rapidly becoming a name to watch. The 23-year-old actresss, who first found fame in the National Youth Theatre production of Antony And Cleopatra in 1966, opened as Cressida in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Troilus And Cressida at Stratford on Thursday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
CHARLIE DIMMOCK, 52. The gardener from Hampshire (right), once dubbed ‘horticultural viagra’, found fame on the BBC’s Ground Force — for not wearing a bra. She said: ‘I didn’t wear one because if you’re swinging a pickaxe or a sledgehammer, they’re very restrictive.’ Her 2000 calendar outsold one featuring lingerie model Caprice. ROSANNA ARQUETTE, 59. The American actress starred in 1985’s Desperately Seeking Susan, alongside Madonna. Her sister is Oscar-winning Patricia Arquette and Friends star Courteney Cox used to be her sister-in-law. Rosanna said producer Harvey Weinstein ruined her career after she allegedly stopped him from sexually assaulting her: ‘I went from being an A-list actress in America to down in the gutter.’
BORN ON THIS DAY
HERBERT HOOVER (1874-1964). The 31st U.S. president became a scapegoat for the Great Depression. However, he was regarded by many as a humanitarian, helping save millions from starvation after World War I by heading an American relief operation in Europe and Russia. Hoover, who was orphaned aged nine and made his fortune in mining, said: ‘If a man has not made a $1 million by the time he is 40, he is not worth much.’ KATE O’MARA (19392014). The Leicester-born actress (right) was best known for playing Caress Morell, sister to Joan Collins’s Alexis Colby, in U.S. soap Dynasty. She admitted being irked after appearing on Graham Norton’s chat show: ‘He was being crude and I’m not very good with crude. I like sophistication and elegance.’
ON AUGUST 10…
IN 1948, hidden camera Tv show Candid Camera was first screened in the U.S. The show was launched in Britain in 1960. IN 1961, 14-year-old Helen Shapiro became the youngest female chart topper with the single You Don’t Know.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Vilipend (1771) A) To treat as worthless or despise. B) A thief. C) A pledge; an oath. Answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED
Beggar-my-neighbour: Advantage gained by someone at the expense of another. Comes from a children’s card game, the aim of which is to capture all the opponent’s cards, so enriching one player to the detriment of the other.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
I ALWAYS advise people never to give advice. P.G. Wodehouse, English author (1881-1975)
JOKE OF THE DAY
A BURGLAR stole all the lamps in my house. I know I should be upset, but I’m absolutely delighted. Guess The Definition answer: A