February 10, 2022 ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE FEBRUARY 10, 1964
ALL those policemen and not a fan in sight. The Beatles escaped screaming teenage girls for a ride in New York’s Central Park by leaving their hotel by a side door. For Ringo, Paul and John (George stayed in his room with a sore throat) it was a momentary respite. The Beatles’ hotel — the Plaza on Fifth Avenue — has been under virtual daylong siege since Friday.
FEBRUARY 10, 1976
WITH a salute and a ‘good morning’ to his coxswain, Lieutenant the Prince of Wales yesterday took up his first Royal Naval command — of 360-ton mine-hunter HMS Bronington. He is the first member of the Royal Family to command a Navy ship since 1950, when his father, Prince Philip, did so on the frigate HMS Magpie in the Mediterranean Fleet.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
KEELEY HAWES, 46. The actress from London (right) once went on caravanning holidays with drama school classmate Emma Bunton, aka Baby Spice. Married to Spooks co-star Matthew Macfadyen, she is a devoted Barry Manilow fan. She says her greatest extravagance is cashmere trousers. MARK SPITz, 72. The American swimmer won seven of his nine Olympic golds at a single Games, in 1972, setting a world record with every one. It was a record only overtaken in 2008 by fellow American Michael Phelps. A photo of him wearing his trunks and seven medals was turned into one of the most popular posters in U.S. history, selling more than a million copies. LAURA DERN, 55. The American actress is the daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. She decided she wanted to enter her parents’ profession at six and has appeared in at least 60 films. She says she wants to move to Paris: ‘When I’ve still not done face work at 70, there will be directors there who will hire me.’
BORN ON THIS DAY
DAME JUDITH ANDERSON (1897-1992). The Australian actress, ‘perhaps the most formidable woman in the history of drama’, played Mrs Danvers in 1940 film Rebecca, and Hamlet, aged 73, at New York’s Carnegie Hall. JIMMY DURANTE (1893-1980). The actor and comic from New York, nicknamed Schnozzola due to his large nose, joked: ‘M’nose was born foist. I arrived on da scene two weeks later.’ A 60-year career took in vaudeville, clubs, radio, TV and Hollywood.
ON FEBRUARY 10 …
IN 1973, Elton John (right) had his first UK No1 album with Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player. IN 2005, Clarence House announced the engagement of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.
WORD WIZARDRY GUESS THE DEFINITION: Marl (mid 14th C)
A) Fertiliser consisting of clay and lime. B) Of a pale green passing into greyish blue. C) Tawny, yellow tinged with red.
Answer below.
PHRASE EXPLAINED: To pull someone’s chestnuts out of the fire:
meaning to succeed in a tricky task for someone else’s benefit; it refers to the fable of a monkey using a cat’s paw to rake out chestnuts from a fire.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
Justice delayed is justice denied. William Gladstone, British prime minister (1809-98)
JOKE OF THE DAY
I ACCIDENTALLY rubbed ketchup in my eyes. Now I have 20/20 Heinz-sight. Guess The Definition answer: A. Compiled by ETAN SMALLMAN and ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD