ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
MARCH 28, 1949 THE number of registered vegetarians has increased from just over 65,000 to almost 107,000, and the total is mounting. Anyone who registers as a vegetarian surrenders his or her meat and bacon coupons in the ration book and receives, in exchange, an extra 12oz of cheese and 2oz of cooking fat. MARCH 28, 1968 MOTHERS who carry babies on their laps in the front seat of cars are the next target for Transport Minister Mrs Barbara Castle, who wants the children to be carried in the back seat in a harness or child safety seat.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
NEIL KINNOCK, 75, now Lord Kinnock. The former Labour leader, nicknamed the ‘Welsh windbag’, unexpectedly lost the 1992 general election to John Major. He partly blames his appearance: ‘Yep, ginger is not good. Yep, freckles, not good. Slightly overweight, not good. Welsh, probably not good. Sounding Welsh, that’s what’s not good.’ JEREMY HUTCHINSON, 102, the oldest living life peer. The former barrister, who was once married to actress Peggy Ashcroft, inspired the character Rumpole of the Bailey, created by his friend, writer John Mortimer. Baron Hutchinson featured in some of the 20th century’s most famous court cases, including representing Penguin Books as it defended the novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover against obscenity charges, as well as Great Train Robber Charlie Wilson and Christine Keeler in the Profumo affair.
BORN ON THIS DAY
CAYETANA FITZJAMES STUART (19262014). The 18th Duchess of Alba was Spain’s richest woman, said to own so much land that she could cross Spain without walking over anyone else’s property. She was known for her extensive plastic surgery and her Guinness World Record for the most titles: a duchess seven times over, a countess 22 times and a marquesa 24 times. FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW (1924-92). One of Hollywood’s first major child stars, the London-born actor gained fame playing David Copperfield and Little Lord Fauntleroy. After serving in World War II maintaining B-17 bombers, he never appeared on film again.
ON MARCH 28...
IN 1930, Turkey’s biggest cities changed names. Constantinople became Istanbul and Angora was renamed Ankara.
IN 1941, author Virginia Woolf filled her pockets with stones and drowned herself in a river near her Sussex home, aged 59.
WORD WIZADRY
NEW TERM OF THE DAY
CPT (acronym): Celebrity party tongue (a craze among celebrities to be photographed sticking out their tongues) GUESS THE DEFINITION
Utraquist (coined 1894) A) Period in which a boy’s voice changes. B) A person who eats raw flesh. C) One who partakes of the wine as well as the bread at communion. Answer below PHRASE EXPLAINED
Ding-dong — an evenly matched battle, from the even sound of a bell being rung.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
THE important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein, physicist (1879-1955)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHAT did the musical instrument say to the pancakes? B flat. Guess The Definition answer: C