September 3rd "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 246 of the year! Known as Welsh Rarebit Day, Bowling League Day and Skyscraper Day. If you were born on this day, you were likely conceived the week of December 11th 2022 and your star sign is “Virgo”.
1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile at over 300 mph.
Todays birthdays
1947 – Eric Bell (76), Northern Irish rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy – “Whiskey In The Jar”), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1955 – Steve Jones (68), British punk rock guitarist (Sex Pistols). Born in London.
1965 – Charlie Sheen (58), is an American actor (Platoon, Hot Shots, The Rookie). Born in New York, New York, United States.
1970 – Gareth Southgate OBE (53), English professional football manager and former player who played as a defender and midfielder. He has been the manager of the England national team since 2016. Born in Watford.
1981 – Fearne Cotton (42), English broadcaster (GMTV, CITV and CBBC). From 2002 to 2021, she presented the BBC One music show Top of the Pops. Born in Northwood, Hillingdon.
The day today
1939 – British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in a radio broadcast, announced that Britain and France had declared war on Germany. He formed an all-party War Cabinet with Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty.
1966 – British soldiers Captain John Ridgway and Sergeant Chay Blyth become the first Britons to row across the Atlantic. They completed a 91-day row across the Atlantic in the English Rose III, when they rowed into Inishmore on the Isle of Aran.
1988 – The first fines for not filling and returning poll tax registration forms were issued in Scotland.
1995 – Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Hill Norton, backed claims that the British Government was covering up evidence of a UFO sighting in the south of England in 1990.
2014 – More than 50,000 illegal immigrants told to leave the country have been granted a “de-facto amnesty” after Home Office officials admitted they have no idea where they are.
Today in music
1977 – The month after his death, Elvis Presley had 27 albums and 9 singles in the Top 100 charts in the UK. ‘Moody Blue’ was the No.1 album while ‘Way Down’ was No.1 on the singles chart, (putting him equal with The Beatles each amassing 17 No.1 hits).
2006 – Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘SexyBack’ his first UK No.1 hit. The track won Timberlake and Timbaland the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. It was the longest-running No.1 single of 2006 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, staying seven weeks at the top.
2009 – Madonna’s Sticky and Sweet world became the highest grossing tour ever for a solo artist tour making £250m. The 51 year old singer had performed in 32 countries.
2019 – Sir Elton John was featured on a new set of Royal Mail stamps in the UK to celebrate his contribution to music. The singer-songwriter became only the second individual music artist to be given such an honour, after David Bowie was featured on a set in 2017.
2022 – The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert was held in London. Sir Paul McCartney, Queen and AC/DC were among the rock royalty to pay tribute at Wembley; while Liam Gallagher opened the show with a fitting rendition of Oasis’s ‘Rock And Roll Star’. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl choked back tears as he played the band’s first show since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in March of that year. The star was singing ‘Times Like These’ when he paused to collect his emotions on the lyric: “It’s times like these you learn to love again.”
Today in history
1189 – Following the death of his father Henry II, Richard the Lionheart was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. He was generally known as Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior.
1650 – English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeated an army loyal to King Charles II of England at the Battle of Dunbar. Cromwell described the victory as ‘one of the most signal mercies God hath done for England and His people.’ As a result of the destruction of the Scottish army, he was able to march unopposed to Edinburgh and quickly occupied the Scottish capital.
1658 – The death, aged 59, of Oliver Cromwell, due to complications relating to a form of malaria and kidney stone disease. It is thought that his death was also quickened by the death of his daughter a month previously. Richard Cromwell (the third son of Oliver Cromwell) became Lord Protector of England on the death of his father, but served just under 9 months, leading to his nickname of ‘Tumbledown Dick’ by Royalists.
1783 – Britain finally recognised the United States of America by signing the Treaty of Paris which officially ended the American War of Independence.
1878 – Over 640 died when the crowded paddle steamer Princess Alice collided with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames. It was the greatest loss of life in any Thames shipping disaster.
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