tear-throat noun: An actor who overacts, especially through loud, exaggerated speech. adjective: Marked by loud, exaggerated delivery.
☰Thought of the Day
"It's no use saying 'we're doing our best.' You have to succeed in doing what is necessary" - Winston Churchill, from his speech in the House of Commons on 7 March 1916.
- British General Election: Conservative party wins a majority under Andrew Bonar Law
- Commonwealth of Philippines inaugurated
- Dmitri Shostakovich' oratorio "Song of the Forests" premieres in Leningrad, USSR
- Harold Pinter's play "Betrayal" premieres in London
- Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits)
- Avdy Andresson, Estonian cavalryman (Czarist Cavalry, WWI; Estonian Army, 1918-40; Wehrmacht Cavalry, 1940-45), veterinarian, and Estonian Minister of War-In-Exile (1973-90), born in Viluvere, Livonia, Russian Empire (d. 1990)
- Joseph Wapner, American judge (People's Court), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
- Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-"Sanford and Son"), born in New York City (d. 2001)
- Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan politician, President of Kenya (2002-13), born in Gatuyaini, Kenya (d. 2022)
- Lily Aldridge, American model (Victoria's Secret), born in Santa Monica, California