ON THIS DAY
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
JUNE 23, 1969
SINGER Judy Garland was found dead in her London home yesterday by her husband, Mickey Deans. Last night the mystery of her death at 47 had not been solved. A Scotland Yard officer said: ‘There was no immediate indication of the cause.’ Friends said Judy had been ‘on top of the world’ and very happy with her fifth husband, whom she married only in March.
JUNE 23, 1986
ENGLAND went out of the World Cup last night, beaten 2-1 thanks to the magic feet — and hand — of Argentina’s Diego Maradona. TV replays showed he handled the ball to score the first goal, but the second was an undisputedly brilliant effort by Maradona who went past at least three England players to score. Asked what England had achieved in the World Cup, manager Bobby Robson replied: ‘Respectability.’
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SELMA BLAIR, 48. The U.S. actress (right) appeared in Legally Blonde, and joked that she was made for teen roles ‘until high-definition came out’. She played Kris Jenner in the TV series, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson — and is now friends with Jenner, the matriarch of the Kardashian/Jenner clan. In 2018, Blair revealed that she has multiple sclerosis: ‘I fall. I drop things. My memory is foggy. And my left side is asking for directions from a broken GPS.’ FRANCES McDORMAND, 63. The American has won two best actress Academy Awards, for Fargo (directed and produced by her husband Joel Coen) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. After winning the first, she took a role at a theatre in Dublin and insisted they did not mention her Oscar in the programme.
BORN ON THIS DAY
ADAM FAITH (1940-2003). The English pop star (right) and actor had hits with What Do You Want? and Poor Me, and starred in TV’s Budgie. Born Terence Nelhams, he used a book of names to come up with Adam from the boys’ names and Faith from the girls’. He helped discover Sandie Shaw, managed Leo Sayer and produced Roger Daltrey’s first solo album. JUNE CARTER CASH (1929-2003). The five-time Grammy-winning U.S. singersongwriter co-wrote Ring Of Fire, one of the biggest hits for Johnny Cash, her third husband. On tour in 1966, the duo had a bigger audience in Liverpool than The Beatles.
ON JUNE 23…
IN 1940, Music While You Work — a ‘half hour’s music meant specially for factory workers to listen to’ — aired on BBC radio. IN 1966, The Beatles notched up their tenth No. 1 hit with Paperback Writer.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Hamadryad (14th century)
A) Someone who thinks he is an ox. B) Someone who thinks he is of heavenly descent. C) A king cobra. Answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED
Business as usual: Used in Britain during the Blitz when businesses continued despite bomb damage. Churchill said in his 1941 Guildhall speech: ‘The maxim of the British people is “business as usual”.’
QUOTE FOR TODAY
An intellectual is a person knowledgeable in one field who speaks out only in others
Tom Wolfe, American author (1930-2018)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHAT do you call an ass with three legs?
A wonky donkey.
Guess The Definition answer: C.