ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
April 22, 1940 EVACUEE children from Stepney, East London, who are staying in Windsor Great Park, sent a special present to Princess Elizabeth at Royal Lodge for her 14th birthday. It was a handbag with Princess Elizabeth’s initials worked on it. The children have been saving for the gift since they went to tea with the Princess at Royal Lodge recently. April 22, 1983 A FAMILIAR face drops in at the Rovers Return on Coronation Street. Hollywood star Dustin Hoffman had a drink yesterday with Elsie Tanner, one of the regulars in Britain’s favourite TV programme. Pat Phoenix (pictured with him) and the rest of the Street are used to playing host to big names. Gandhi star Ben Kingsley had a minor part in the Street 17 years ago.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
JACK NICHOLSON, 82. The double Oscar winner is the most nominated actor in the history of the awards, with 12 nods. The star of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and As Good As It Gets claims that when he was at school he ‘created a record by being in detention every day for a year’. One of his Playboy model girlfriends said Nicholson — dubbed ‘The Great Seducer’ by Rolling Stone magazine — had peanut butter and jam sandwiches in bed ‘to keep his strength up’. DONALD TUSK, 62. The European Council president and former Polish prime minister hit the headlines in February when he said there was ‘a special place in hell for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it out safely’. Before the election of U.S. President Trump, he joked that his wife had said: ‘One Donald is more than enough.’
BORN ON THIS DAY
GLEN CAMPBELL (19362017). The U. S. country music star ( right) best known for hits Rhinestone Cowboy and Wichita Lineman, was born in poverty as one of 12 children, but went on to sell more than 50 million albums. His battle with Alzheimer’s was chronicled in the 2014 documentary Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me. GEORGE COLE (1925-2015). The Londonborn actor played used car dealer Arthur Daley in ITV’s Minder — known for catchphrases ‘nice little earner’ and ‘er indoors’ — and Flash Harry in the St Trinian’s films. He appeared in more than 60 movies, alongside stars including Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins and Julia Roberts.
ON APRIL 22...
IN 1509, Henry VIII became king aged 17 after the death of his father, Henry VII. IN 1994, Richard Nixon, 37th U.S. President, died aged 81.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Tontine (1653) A) A fortune. B) A system of annuities in which the benefits pass to the surviving subscribers until only one is left. C) A tenth. Answer below PHRASE EXPLAINED
Play it by ear — meaning to do something without planning or according to how things arise. The phrase also refers to the ability to play music without needing sheet music.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs. Alphonse Toussenel, French writer (1803-1885) JOKE OF THE DAY WHAT insect is good at counting? An account-ant. Guess The Definition answer: B. Compiled by ETAN SMALLMAN and ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD