ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
MAY 10, 1993
A STUDY published today shows that Britons are drinking three times as much mineral water as they did in 1988. despite the cost — £1 will buy you 3,000 litres of tap water compared to just two litres of bottled — sales are set to double by 1997.
MAY 10, 2007
GORDON Brown will lay claim to the Labour crown within hours of Tony Blair announcing his resignation at noon today. The PM’s longawaited confirmation of his departure will pave the way for a seven-week contest to confirm Mr Brown as his successor as party leader and Premier.
LINDA EVANGELISTA, 59. The Canadian once famously said that she and her fellow supermodels ‘don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day’. one of the most photographed women in the world, she lived in seclusion for five years after a cosmetic procedure left her ‘brutally disfigured’ — she is suing the company for $50 million in damages.
ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN, 47. The actress from yorkshire has starred in Line of duty and Motherland. She said she was ‘an ugly-looking weirdo’ as a child, but is grateful because it meant she had ‘to develop a personality pretty quickly’.
ALFRED JODL (1890-1946). The German general directed most of his country’s military campaigns during World War II. In 1945, it was Jodl who signed the unconditional surrender of all German forces. A year later at the Nuremberg trials, he was found guilty of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and hanged.
JOHN WILKES BOOTH (1838-1865). The American actor became the country’s most famous assassin when he shot Abraham Lincoln at a theatre. during his capture, he suffered a gunshot wound. His last words were: ‘Tell my mother I died for my country.’
ON MAY 10…
IN 1824, the National Gallery opened its doors at its first home, 100 Pall Mall, in central London. IN 2013, the new World Trade Center in New york was completed.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION Neoteny (coined 1901) A) Retention of juvenile traits in adulthood. B) In relation to things spiritual and mystical. C) A burgeoning politician. answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED
Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve: meaning to expose one’s secret intentions to general notice; it refers to the custom of tying one’s lady’s ‘favour’ to one’s sleeve and thus exposing the secret of one’s heart.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
Richard Buckminster Fuller, U.S. architect (1895-1983)
JOKE OF THE DAY
I WENT to a bar dressed as a tennis ball . . . I got served straight away. Guess The Definition answer: a.