ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE APRIL 30, 1973
PRESSURE mounted on President Nixon yesterday to tell the ‘full truth’ about the Watergate espionage scandal. And Republican leaders are urging him to act so as to avoid irreparable damage to the party.
APRIL 30, 1993
PRESIdENT de Klerk apologised for apartheid yesterday, saying he deeply regretted the loss of freedom and dignity inflicted on South Africa’s black population. ‘It was not our intention to deprive people of their rights and to cause misery, but separate development and apartheid led to just that,’ he said. ‘In so far as that occurred, we deeply regret it.’
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
GAL GAdOT, 36. The actress, who found fame as Wonder Woman and starred in the Fast & Furious films, is a former Miss Israel. despite being the third highest paid actress of last year, with earnings of £22 million, she never planned that career: ‘If things had gone according to my plans, I’d be a lawyer,’ she said. ANA dE ARMAS, 33. The Cuban-born Spanish actress starred in the films Blade Runner 2049 and Knives Out. She will play a Bond girl in the delayed 007 film No Time to die and Marilyn Monroe in the upcoming Netflix biopic Blonde. daniel Craig said: ‘I should always be so lucky to work with a woman like that.’
BORN ON THIS DAY
CLORIS LEACHMAN (1926-2021). The U. S. actress starred in TV series Lassie (as the dog’s owner) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (as Mary’s landlady). She scooped an Oscar for her role in 1971’s The Last Picture Show. In 2008, she became, at 82, the oldest celebrity to compete on the U.S. version of Strictly Come dancing, dancing With the Stars. CAPTAIN SIR TOM MOORE (1920-2021). The World War II veteran from Keighley, West Yorkshire, raised more than £32 million for NHS charities by walking 100 laps of his garden over the course of ten days to mark his centenary. Sir Tom became the oldest person ever to have a No 1 hit, with his duet with Michael Ball, You’ll Never Walk Alone. He said of the coronavirus crisis: ‘At the end of the day we shall all be OK again.’
ON APRIL 30 . . .
IN 1948, the British-made Land Rover made its debut at the Amsterdam Motor Show. IN 1980, six gunmen seized control of the Iranian embassy in London, taking 26 hostages. The SAS ended the siege.
WORD WIZARDRY GUESS THE DEFINITION: Awl
A) A shroud. B) In the opposite direction, the wrong way. C) A small pointed tool used for piercing holes, especially in leather. Answer below.
PHRASE EXPLAINED Nuts and bolts:
meaning the practical considerations; the ‘nuts and bolts’ are what hold machinery together and they play a humble, but essential part in any enterprise.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
I have lost friends, some by death … others through sheer inability to cross the street. Virginia Woolf, English writer (1882-1941)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHY are farmers always winning awards? Because they’re outstanding in their field. Guess The Definition answer: C Compiled by ETAN SMALLMAN
and ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD