ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
MARCH 22, 1940 RePeRTORY actor Patrick Kinsella, who pleaded that acting was work of national importance because it maintained the morale of the people, was granted exemption from military service by the Scottish Conscientious Objectors’ Appeal Tribunal in edinburgh yesterday. MARCH 22, 1963 TWO MPs last night spoke of reports linking a Government Minister and Miss Christine Keeler, the missing model. Secretary of State for War John Profumo threatened to sue anyone who alleged he was guilty of any impropriety with Keeler. ReeSe WITHeRSPOON, 43. The American actress, who won an Oscar for her role as Johnny Cash’s wife June Carter in Walk The Line, is actually called Laura but uses her mother’s maiden name as her first name. One of her ancestors was a signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence. BeveRLeY KNIGHT, 46. The soul singer from Wolverhampton, best known for hits such as Shoulda Woulda Coulda, starred in the stage show of The Bodyguard. She had the same ritual before performances saying: ‘My band and I always gather in my room, the Courvoisier gets poured into shot glasses, and everybody downs a shot in one except me, I always have a cup of tea.’ SIR ANTHONY vAN DYCK (1599-1641). The Flemish artist gained fame painting portraits in england — of James I and Charles I (who knighted him). His earliest dated portrait was made when he was just 14. van Dyck, who married one of Queen Henrietta Maria’s ladies-in-waiting, started out as chief assistant to Peter Paul Rubens. BRIAN HANRAHAN (1949-2010). The BBC correspondent covered the Falklands War in 1982 and was banned by the Ministry of Defence from saying exactly how many planes took part in the first air attack on Port Stanley. He got around the censorship by declaring: ‘I counted them all out, and I counted them all back.’
ON March 22...
IN 1916, the Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien married edith Bratt in Warwick. They are played by Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins in a new film, Tolkien.
IN 1963, the Beatles released their first album, Please Please Me. Ten of its 14 tracks were recorded in just one day.
IN 1997, 14-year-old American Tara Lipinski became the youngest ever women’s world figure skating champion.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Oryzivorous (1857) A) Rice-eating B) Grazing on mountain sides C) Starving Answer below. PHRASE EXPLAINED You can’t teach your grandmother to suck
eggs: Said to someone advising another about a familiar subject; first recorded in 1707, the origin is not clear.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness. Charles Dickens, English author (1812-1870)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHAt happens when an egg hears a joke? It cracks up. Guess the Definition answer: A