ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE JULY 1, 1982
PRINcESS Diana is 21 today. And it will be a day of double celebration, with her son Prince William now ten days old. She will have a party tonight at Kensington Palace. Falkland Islanders, free once more, put the seal on the Princess’s 21st with a special postage stamps issue.
JULY 1, 1997
cHINA, in the presence of an impassive Prince charles, took back the last jewel in the British crown last night — and crowed. People’s Liberation Army musicians played a fanfare at the [Hong Kong] handover entitled Moment of Victory. Outside the hall, demonstrators, protesting against the abolition of democracy, tried to be heard — but failed.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
PAMELA ANDERSON, 55. The canadian actress found fame in TV’s Baywatch and made her stage debut this year on Broadway as Roxie Hart in chicago. The vegan animal rights activist once said her superpower would be: ‘Having people’s mink coats come back to life to attack them.’ TREVOR EVE, 71. The Rada-trained actor from Sutton coldfield was once reported to be the BBc’s highest-paid actor, earning £700,000 per series of Waking The Dead. He is married to Sharon Maughan, famous for the Nescafe ‘Gold Blend couple’ TV adverts. Eve says this stage of his career is: ‘My extremely grateful period, just happy to still be working.’
BORN ON THIS DAY
KAREN BLAcK (19392013). The American actress starred in Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces. She made her debut in Francis Ford coppola’s first film, You’re
A Big Boy Now, and appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s last, Family Plot. Four-times-married Black took more than 100 roles and was described as ‘one of the hardest-working actresses in Hollywood’. Time magazine said she looked ‘like the kind of woman who gets her name tattooed on sailors’.
ANNE FEENEY (1951-2021). The U.S. activist and folk singer ‘with a velvety voice and lush red locks’ had on her business card ‘Performer. Producer. Hellraiser’. Her best-known song was Have You Been To Jail For Justice? She co-founded Pittsburgh Action Against Rape. Feeney toured Ireland on a bus each summer, taking fans to favourite spots and performing.
ON JULY 1…
IN 1912, George V and Queen Mary attended the first Royal command Performance at London’s Palace Theatre. IN 1967, regular colour television began in the UK with Wimbledon on BBc Two.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION:
Pyknic (coined 1921)
A) A street urchin. B) Someone short and fat. c) Of a porpoise. Answer below. PHRASE EXPLAINED
Fresh as a daisy: Means very bright and cheerful. It alludes to a daisy that opens its petals in the morning and makes a welcome appearance in spring. It has been used since chaucer in the 14th century.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
I count false words the foulest plague of all.
Aeschylus, Greek tragedian (525-456BC)
JOKE OF THE DAY
HOW does a hamburger introduce his wife? Meet Patty.
Guess The Definition answer: B.