ON THIS DAY
November 21, 2019
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
NOVEMBER 21, 1945 DeTAILS of Hitler as a lover, gleaned from eva Braun’s diary, were revealed by the American Intelligence Corps today. The Führer is pictured as being crude in his lovemaking — and a man who made promises he never kept. He also forgot eva’s birthday when she had hoped for a dachshund gift. ‘He was here — but no dog,’ she wrote.
NOVEMBER 21, 1970 exPeCTeD in the shops for Christmas — sardine tins with ring-pull tops. John West Foods, pioneers of the system which will hasten the end of the infuriating key-opener, say these will cost 2d or 3d a can more.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BJORk, 54. The Icelandic pop star, surname Guðmundsdottir, is best known for her 1995 hit It’s Oh So Quiet and for outrageous outfits, including a dress with a large swan that she wore to the 2001 Oscars (right). She says she is taken seriously in europe, but in the Uk ‘the press think I joined the Teletubbies or something; like I’m a... cartoon character. It’s fun, but it’s sort of limited. Unless you’re in a slapstick mood.’ JULIeT MILLS, 78. The BritishAmerican actress first appeared on film as a baby in 1942’s In Which We Serve, starring her father Sir John Mills. Juliet, who played a kind of Mary Poppins in U.S. series Nanny And The Professor, believes in magic, witches and fairies: ‘There’s a lot more, you know, in the aether and around us . . . we have guides, and we have angels taking care of us.’
BORN ON THIS DAY
HAROLD RAMIS (1944-2014). The U.S. actor starred in Ghostbusters, which he co-wrote (he’s pictured far right), and directed Groundhog Day. The former Playboy magazine jokes editor said: ‘every movie is three movies, the movie you set out to make, the movie you think you’re making and the movie you find out you made.’ SIR SAMUeL CUNARD (1787-1865). The Canadian-born shipping magnate established the first regular Atlantic steamship line. Within 30 years, Cunard was employing 11,500 people and owned 46 vessels. The first ships had no refrigeration, so carried live cows for milk and chickens for eggs.
ON NOVEMBER 21…
IN 1920, 32 people, including 13 British servicemen and 14 people at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park, were killed on Bloody Sunday in a day of violence in Dublin.
IN 1989, proceedings in the House of Commons were televised live for the first time.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Picadill (coined 16th century)
A) Gherkin. B) A broad collar of cutwork lace. C) Minor fault. Answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED
Flea market: A place to buy and sell used items. It comes from the French marche aux puces, or a market with fleas, the inference being that the goods on sale are possibly unclean and flea-ridden.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
MEN who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They’ve experienced pain and bought jewellery.
Rita Rudner, American comedienne
JOKE OF THE DAY
HOW do you stop an astronaut’s baby from crying? You rocket.
Guess The Definition answer: B.