ON THIS DAY

FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE

SEPTEMBER 30, 1974 NeWLy-WedS Liza Minnelli and Jack Haley Jr. arrived in London last night to carry on their honeymoon. The couple, who married in Hollywood two weeks ago, walked with their arms round each other from their transatlantic jet at Heathrow Airport.

Miss Minnelli’s mother, the late Judy Garland, starred in The Wizard Of Oz with Mr Haley’s father. He played the Tin Man.

SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 PRINCeSS dIANA made secret tapes pouring out the heartache of her marriage break-up and feud with the Royal Family, it was revealed yesterday.

Hours of her personal recordings were handed via an intermediary to royal author Andrew Morton for his controversial biography of the Princess.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

bARbARA KNOx, 87. The actress from Lancashire first played Coronation Street’s Rita Tanner in 1964 and has been in the soap consistently for almost 50 years, making her its second-longestserving actor behind William Roache, who plays Ken barlow. On the show, Rita has been proposed to 11 times and Knox has kept every engagement ring. RuLA LeNSKA, 73. born in Cambridgeshire to an aristocratic Polish family, the actress got her big break in Seventies drama Rock Follies. She said her best financial decision was to change her name: ‘Roza Maria Leopoldyna Lubienska does not exactly roll off the tongue.’ She married her Minder co-star dennis Waterman in 1987, but they later divorced.

BORN ON THIS DAY

MARC bOLAN (1947-1977). The glam rock singer from London was the frontman of T. Rex, which had hits with Get It On and Telegram Sam and headlined the first Glastonbury Festival in 1970 (as Tyrannosaurus Rex). At the height of his fame in 1972, he said: ‘It can’t last. They’ll grow up soon and change. Or find some other hero. It’s all cycles, but this one’s mine.’ TRuMAN CAPOTe (1924-1984). born Truman Streckfus Persons, the American writer penned the true crime novel In Cold blood and breakfast At Tiffany’s, the basis for the 1961 Audrey Hepburn film (though his original name for Holly Golightly was Connie Gustafson). He taught himself to read, and wrote his first short stories aged 11.

ON SEPTEMBER 30…

IN 1955, American actor James dean died in a car accident aged 24, a month before the release of his film Rebel Without A Cause.

IN 1960, Stone Age animated sitcom The Flintstones was first broadcast.

WORD WIZARDRY

GUESS THE DEFINITION: Oppidan (c mid-16th century)

A) A defensive wall, a bulwark b) Of a town, urban C) An officer appointed to keep the walls of a city in repair Answer below

PHRASE EXPLAINED

Wham, bam, thank you Ma’am — Refers to sexual intercourse conducted quickly and without tenderness. It originated with the u.S. forces during World War II, and is now used to describe any selfish act of male gratification at women’s expense.