ON THIS DAY

FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE

JULY 30, 1945 the prospect of sheer nylon stockings — made from ‘super-nylon’ — that will last ten years, or more, was dangled enticingly before the women of the world today. they will come in an age of ‘made-to-measure’ molecules on which science is about to enter, u.s. physicist Dr George harrison told a New york radio audience. JULY 30, 1987 MRs thatcher and President Mitterrand of France gave their formal seal of approval at the elysee Palace yesterday to the eurotunnel project under the Channel. But not all problems have been cleared. Workmen at the French end near Calais unearthed three massive British wartime bombs that had been dropped on German batteries.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

LISA KUDROW, 56. the American actress (right) found fame playing Phoebe Buffay in Friends, for which she earned up to $1million per episode. she was the first of the cast to win an emmy for her role in the sitcom. Kudrow says she ‘never turns around’ if people call out ‘Phoebe’ in the street, and hates selfies, but is happy to sign autographs. TERRY O’NEILL, 81. the London-born photographer, who found fame in the sixties, said: ‘My reputation was bigger than the Beatles’,’ when he was sent to shoot them, aged 20. ex-husband of Faye Dunaway, o’Neill turned down the chance to photograph Marilyn Monroe because his then girlfriend ‘told me Marilyn took all her photographers to bed, so she wouldn’t let me work with her’.

BORN ON THIS DAY

EMILY BRONTE (1818-48). the yorkshireborn author, who made her name with her only novel, Wuthering heights, died of tuberculosis aged 30, just a year after it was published. In 2007, the book was voted the greatest love story of all time in a poll.

HENRY MOORE (18981986). the sculptor from yorkshire said that inspiration for the flowing lines in his work (right) came partly from the childhood memory of rubbing his mother’s hips when she was suffering from sciatica. Described as the man who ‘put modern sculpture on the map’, Moore designed the first Bafta awards, a figure of a seated woman, in 1948.

ON JULY 30…

IN 1966, england beat West Germany 4-2 to win the World Cup at Wembley stadium.

IN 2011, Zara Phillips, the Queen’s oldest granddaughter, married england rugby player Mike tindall in edinburgh.

WORD WIZARDRY

GUESS THE DEFINITION: tapenade (20th c) A) a paste of capers, olives, anchovies and lemon juice B) a lively jig C) a thrust, in fencing (Answer below)

PHRASE EXPLAINED

Wouldn’t harm a fly – used to describe someone very good natured who wouldn’t hurt anyone; from the late 1700s, it alludes to the fact that most people dislike flies enough to kill them, but if someone was so non-violent, they might take pity on it and let it live.

QUOTE FOR TODAY

HALF of all marriages end in divorce — and then there are the really unhappy ones

Joan Rivers, U.S. comedienne (1933-2014)

JOKE OF THE DAY

Why did Robin hood pull out of the archery competition? he found it an arrowing experience.

GUESS The Definition answer: A.