ON THIS DAY
April 11, 2022
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
APRIL 11, 1912
THE giant liner Titanic of the White Star Fleet sailed from Southampton yesterday on her maiden voyage to New York. She had 300 first-class, 330 second-class and 700 third-class passengers — a large company for a westward voyage at this time of year — besides crew numbering nearly 800.
APRIL 11, 1981
WESTMINSTER had its first IrA terrorist MP last night — but he will never be allowed to take his seat. Bobby Sands, 27, who has been on hunger strike in Ulster’s Maze Prison for 42 days, was yesterday declared the winner of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
JOSS STONE, 35. The singer-songwriter from Devon, born Joscelyn Stoker, won ITV’s The Masked Singer last year dressed as a giant sausage and chips. In 2014, Stone embarked on a 200-stop ‘total world tour’ that took five years. But before singing in the final country, Iran, she was deported because women are not allowed to perform solo concerts. LISA STANSFIELD, 56. The singer from Lancashire had No.1s with the single All Around The World and EP Five Live (with George Michael and Queen). She was the first white British woman to top the U.S. r&B chart. She quit her three-packs-a-day smoking habit after hypnotherapy.
BORN ON THIS DAY
RICHARD BERRY (1935-1997). The U.S. singer-songwriter penned Louie Louie, which was described by Frank Zappa as ‘an archetypal American musical icon’. In 1983, a California radio station played more than 800 different versions of Louie Louie for 63 hours. Berry sold the publishing rights for just $750 to pay for his wedding. JAMES PARKINSON (1755-1824). The
surgeon from London published An Essay On The Shaking Palsy, which would become known as Parkinson’s. There were only two known photos of Parkinson, but it has been discovered that one was in fact a lighthouse keeper, and the other the first treasurer of the British Dental Association.
ON APRIL 11 …
IN 1972, the first episode of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue was broadcast on BBC radio 4. It starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Jo kendall, and was chaired by jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton. IN 2013, Malawi accused pop star Madonna — who had adopted two Malawian-born children and announced plans to build schools there — of wanting the country ‘to be forever chained to the obligation of gratitude’.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Reprove (c1300)
A) A dash or flourish at the end of a written word. B) A poem written for someone’s birthday. C) To criticise; to disapprove of strongly. answer below.
PHRASE EXPLAINED
Chapter and verse: Meaning in every detail, an exact reference or authority. It originally refers to the numbering of passages in the Bible but has been extended over time to include any written authority for something.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
I SUPPOSE flattery hurts no one, that is, if he doesn’t inhale. Adlai Stevenson, U.S. diplomat (1900-1965)
JOKE OF THE DAY
I WENT to a really emotional wedding the other day. Even the cake was in tiers. Guess The Definition answer: C.