ON THIS DAY

FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE FEBRUARY 15, 1963

BRITISH surgeons have made a major breakthrough by successfully transplanting a kidney to a patient from a dead man.

The operation, revealed yesterday, took place 67 days ago at Leeds Infirmary. It is the first ever successful one of its kind.

FEBRUARY 15, 1984

THEy were perfect. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skated to Olympic gold medals last night as expected — but in unprecedented style.

Their stunning interpretation of Bolero won a clean sweep of a maximum 6.0 marks from all nine judges in the final of the icedance competition in Sarajevo. This total had never been achieved in international ice dancing competition.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

MATT GROENING, 65. The American cartoonist is the man behind The Simpsons and is estimated to be worth £400million. Groening drew his initials into the design for Homer Simpson (pictured), with his hairline resembling an M and his ear in the shape of a G. ALI CAMpBELL, 60. The singer from Birmingham, a father of eight, was the frontman of reggae band UB40, which sold 70 million records. Campbell says his folk singer father was resentful of his success. When his dad picked up an award, he told the audience: ‘I don’t suppose you remember the Ian Campbell Folk Group, because two of my sons started a reggae band and their first single eclipsed my 20-year career.’

BORN ON THIS DAY

JOHN BARRyMORE (1882-1942). The famously handsome actor (pictured) was nicknamed ‘The Great profile’. The star of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde and Moby Dick was the grandfather of actress Drew Barrymore. He appeared in the 1926 film Don Juan, which is believed to be the movie with the most kisses — a total of 191. SIR ERNEST SHACkLETON (1874-1922). The Anglo-Irish explorer is best known for his ‘Endurance’ expedition to the Antarctic, which began in 1914. While escaping from his sinking ship, he took a framed print of Rudyard kipling’s poem ‘If’ with him. Despite the sinking, Shackleton led all 28 members of his crew to safety.

ON FEBRUARY 15…

IN 399 BC, Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death for corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens. IN 1903, the first Teddy bear went on sale, after president Theodore Roosevelt gave permission for his nickname to be used. IN 1965, U.S. musician Nat king Cole died, aged 45, of lung cancer.

WORD WIZARDRY

GUESS THE DEFINITION: Smishing (2017) A) Sending text messages to induce individuals to reveal personal information. B) Ill-balanced, shaky. C) Unsettled weather. ( Answer below)

PHRASE EXPLAINED

To have cold feet: Being too fearful to complete an action; it comes from an 1862 German novel where a poker player opts out of a game by saying he can’t concentrate as his feet are too cold

QUOTE FOR TODAY

DOn’t worry about the world coming to an end today. it is already tomorrow in Australia. Charles M Schulz, American cartoonist (1922-2000)

JOKE OF THE DAY

My fish is very shy. it’s a coy carp! guess the Definition answer: A.