July 23rd "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 204 of the year! Known as Yada, Yada, Yada Day, National Vanilla Ice Cream Day and Gorgeous Grandma Day. If you were born today, you were likely conceived the week of October 30th 2022.
1997 – For the first time in 127 years hen harriers were raised in Derbyshire, 1500 feet above the Goyt Valley near Buxton.
Todays birthdays
1953 – Graham Gooch (70), English cricketer, captain of England, opening batsman and prolific run scorer, born in London.
1957 – Jo Brand (66), English comedian, writer, presenter and actress (Through The Cakehole, QI, Taskmaster), born in Wandsworth, London.
1961 – Woody Harrelson (62), American actor (Woody Boyd in Cheers; White Men Can’t Jump), born in Midland, Texas.
1965 – SLASH (58), English-American rock guitarist and songwriter (Guns N’ Roses – “Sweet Child o’ Mine”), born in Stoke-on-Trent, England.
1989 – Daniel Radcliffe (34), English actor (Harry Potter in the Harry Potter series of movies), born in London, England.
The day today
1980 – Cliff Richard received his OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
1984 – A government report into cancer levels near the controversial nuclear plant at Sellafield in Cumbria confirmed suspicions of higher than-normal levels of leukaemia in the area, but said it could not definitely link this to the nuclear plant itself.
1996 – The BSE scare was extended after laboratory research showed that mad cow disease could also be transmitted to sheep.
2000 – Tiger Woods wins the British Open at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s. On the same day, the Tour de France finishes without a winner after the disqualification of drugs cheat Lance Armstrong.
2008 – ‘Back-from-the-dead’ canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne were jailed for more than six years for fraudulently claiming £250,000. The couple had conned family, friends, police and insurance companies into believing that Mr Darwin drowned in the North Sea off Teesside in 2002.
Today in music
1964 – The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, the group’s fifth UK No.1.
1969 – The Rolling Stones were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Honky Tonk Women,’ the group’s eighth and last UK No.1.
1983 – Paul Young had his first UK No.1 single with his version of the Marvin Gaye song ‘Wherever I Lay My Hat, (That’s My Home.)’ The song title was parodied by the UK indie band Super Furry Animals with their 1999 song ‘Wherever I Lay My Phone (That’s My Home)’.
2006 – George Michael was accused of engaging in anonymous public sex, after being photographed in London’s Hampstead Heath with a 58-year-old unemployed van driver.
2008 – A waxwork model of Amy Winehouse (also died on this day in 2011), was unveiled at Madame Tussauds. The singer’s parents, Mitch and Janis, revealed the model, ‘complete with trademark beehive and sailor tattoos’, at the London attraction.
Historical events
1599 – Italian Artist Carrivagio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
1813 – Sir Thomas Maitland is appointed as the first Governor of Malta, transforming the island from a British protectorate to a de facto colony.
1886 – Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviator was born. He was the navigator of the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight, (14th June 1919), with John Alcock as pilot.
1901 – Tennis player Tim Henman’s great-grandmother (Ellen Stawell Brown) became the first woman to serve overarm at the All England Tennis Club.
1903 – The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
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