September 16th "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 259 of the year! Known as Guacamole Day, National Step Family Day & Play Doh Day. If you were born on this day, you were likely conceived the week of December 24th 2022 and your star sign is “Virgo”.
1947 – John Cobb became the first man on land to exceed 400 mph, establishing a two-way record of 394.19 mph that stood for almost 17 years and it was the last Land Speed Record set by an internal combustion piston engined car.
Todays birthdays
1950 – Loyd Grossman CBE (73), American-British author and presenter (Through the Keyhole, Masterchef from 1990 to 2000), born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States.
1955 – Janet Ellis MBE (68), English television presenter (Blue Peter between 1979 and 1987) and mother of musician Sophie Ellis-Bextor, born in Chatham, Kent.
1965 – Lorne Spicer (58), English television presenter best known for Cash in the Attic and Boot Sale Challenge, born in Upminster, Greater London.
1976 – Tina Barrett (47), British singer (S Club 7), born in Hammersmith, London.
1984 – Ketevan “Katie” Melua (39), Georgian and British singer and songwriter (The Closest Thing to Crazy), born in Kutaisi, Georgia.
The day today
1915 – The opening of Britain’s first Women’s Institute, (regularly referred to as simply the WI) at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Anglesey, Wales.
1968 – Britain introduced a ‘two tier’ postal system – First and Second Class. Letters and parcels bearing the more expensive 1st class stamps would be given priority of delivery.
1977 – T. Rex star Marc Bolan is killed instantly when the car driven by his wife, singer Gloria Jones, hits a tree in Barnes, south London.
1992 – Black Wednesday, when the GB Pound Sterling was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and was forced to devalue against the German mark.
2002 – The world’s first self cleaning glass was launched after being developed by scientists at the leading glass company of Pilkington’s in St Helens.
Today in music
1979 – The Sugarhill Gang’s ‘Rapper’s Delight’ was released. While it was not the first single to feature rapping, it is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip hop in the United States and around the world. The song’s opening lyric “I said a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to the hip hip hop” is world-renowned.
1985 – Kate Bush released her fifth studio album Hounds of Love. The album’s lead single, ‘Running Up That Hill’, became one of Bush’s biggest hits and the album produced three further successful singles, ‘Cloudbusting’, ‘Hounds of Love’, and ‘The Big Sky’.
2001 – Austrian act DJ Otzi went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Hey Baby’, a Euro-dance version of Bruce Channel’s No.2 hit from 1962.
2014 – American singer Ariana Grande was at No.1 on the US album chart with My Everything the singers second studio album. The album also debuted at No.1 in Australia and Canada and peaked in the top ten of twenty countries worldwide.
2022 – Robbie Williams overtook Elvis Presley (13 No.1s), to become the solo artist with the most UK No.1 albums ever when his latest album XXV topped the UK chart. Only The Beatles had more UK No.1 albums than Robbie with 15 across their career.
Today in history
1387 – King Henry V was born at Monmouth Castle. He went on to win the Battle of Agincourt against the French on St Crispin’s Day.
1400 – Owain Glyndwr (Owen Glendower), Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales, instigated the Welsh Revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England.
1485 – Yeomen Warders, the bodyguard of the English Crown – popularly known as ‘Beefeaters’ – was established by King Henry VII. Yeoman Warders work full time at the Tower of London. They are retired from the Armed Forces, have at least 22 years of service and must also hold the Long Service and Good Conduct medal.
1859 – British explorer Dr. David Livingstone discovered Lake Nyasa – now Lake Malawi, in central Africa. He was from humble beginnings and was born in Blantyre, eight miles south east of Glasgow.
1888 – Walter Bentley, British car designer, was born.
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