May 12, 2022 ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE MaY 12, 1964
it WAs a case of no ties, no lunch, for the rolling stones pop group at Bristol’s grand Hotel yesterday. they were barred from its restaurant because they were wearing t-shirts and coloured sweaters. they tried another restaurant, but ended up with a snack in a cafe frequented by the city’s university students. Head waiter Dick Court told Mick Jagger: ‘i’m afraid you cannot come in to eat unless you wear a jacket and a tie.’
MaY 12, 1988
KiM PHiLBY, the third man in Britain’s most notorious spy scandal, has died in Moscow. He was 76. the most detested traitor in the past 40 years, Philby defected to the soviet Union in 1963. He had spent many years passing secrets gathered in his work for British intelligence to the russians.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
rAMi MALeK, 41. the American, born to egyptian parents, became the first person of Arab heritage to win a best actor Oscar, for playing Freddie Mercury in 2018’s Bohemian rhapsody. For the role he wore false teeth — Mercury was born with four extra incisors. eMiLiO esteVeZ, 59. the American actor — son of Martin sheen, brother of Charlie — rose to fame after starring in 1985’s the Breakfast Club and st elmo’s Fire, becoming part of the Hollywood ‘Brat Pack’ of young A-listers. He was famously engaged to Demi Moore and briefly married to U.s. choreographer Paula Abdul.
BORN ON THIS DAY
LesLie CHArteris (1907-1993). the British-Chinese author made his name creating the character simon templar, aka the saint. He dropped out of Cambridge university, travelled the world, working in gold prospecting, pearl fishing, rubber planting and tin mining. He listed his recreations in Who’s Who as eating, drinking, going to horse races and loafing. FLOrenCe nigHtingALe (1820-1910). the Florence-born nurse and social reformer nursed wounded soldiers in the Crimean War, earning the nickname ‘the Lady with the Lamp’. the founder of modern nursing also set up her own nursing school at st thomas’ Hospital in London.
ON MAY 12 . . .
IN 1967, the government announced that the stansted airfield in essex would become London’s third airport. IN 2018, scottish serial killer Dennis nilsen, who murdered at least 12 men and boys, died aged 72.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Recondite (c 1640s) A) High-spirited, proud. B) Without thought, headlong. C) Little known; obscure. answer below. PHRASE EXPLAINED To go for the burn: meaning to push one’s body to extremes when taking physical exercise. the word ‘burn’ refers to the burning sensation caused in one’s muscles by strenuous exertion.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience. Sir Isaiah Berlin, British philosopher (1909-1997)
JOKE OF THE DAY
HOW do you make a bandstand? Take their chairs away. Guess The Definition answer: C. Compiled by ETAN SMALLMAN and ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD