September 24th "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 267 of the year! Known as Punctuation Day and in the UK it is World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. If you were born on this day, you were likely conceived the week of January 1st 2023 and your star sign is “Libra”.
2009 – The UK’s largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure was discovered buried in a field in Staffordshire. Experts said that the collection of 1,500 gold and silver pieces, which may date to the 7th Century, was unparalleled in size and worth “a seven-figure sum”.
Todays birthdays
1954 – Helen Lederer (69), British comic actress (Absolutely Fabulous – “Catriona”), and writer (Losing It), born in Carmarthen, Wales
1959 – Theo Paphitis (64), Cypriot-born British businessman (Dragon’s Den, Millwall Football Club), born in Limassol, Cyprus.
1961 – Jack Dee (62), English stand-up comedian, actor, presenter and writer known for his sarcasm, irony and deadpan humour, born in Bromley.
1962 – Ally McCoist (61), Scottish former footballer (Rangers, Scotland), manager and TV pundit, born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire.
1971 – Peter Salisbury (52), English rock drummer, best known as the drummer for The Verve, whom he co-founded in 1990, born in Chippenham, England
The day today
1967 – The two ‘Queens’ of the Cunard Line, the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth, passed each other in the Atlantic for the last time.
1975 – The world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, was successfully scaled for the first time via its southwest face by British climbers Dougal Haston and Doug Scott.
1991 – In Beirut, the British hostage Jackie Mann was freed by the Shi’ite Muslim Revolutionary Justice Organisation after spending more than two years in captivity. He had been kidnapped in May 1989.
2009 – The UK’s largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure was discovered buried in a field in Staffordshire. Terry Herbert, who found it on farmland using a metal detector, said that it was a metal detectorist’s dream. Experts said that the collection of 1,500 gold and silver pieces, which may date to the 7th Century, was unparalleled in size and worth “a seven-figure sum”.
2019 – The Supreme Court concluded, unanimously, that Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue (suspend) Parliament for 5 weeks prior to Britain leaving the EU was unlawful. On that basis, the court ruled that “Parliament would remain in session as if it had never stopped”.
Today in music
1988 – The Hollies were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother’ after the song was used on a UK TV beer commercial (Miller Lite), the song was originally a hit in 1969 and featured a young Elton John on piano.
1991 – Nirvana’s album Nevermind was released in America, entering the chart at No. 144 on its first week. The album which peaked at No. 1 in January 1992 has now sold over 30m copies world wide.
2000 – Madonna started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Music’, the singers seventh UK No.1 album.
2006 – Scissor Sisters topped the UK album and singles charts. The New Yorkers’ second album, ‘Ta-Dah’, entered in the top spot, while the single ‘I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ spent a third week at number one.
2012 – Mumford & Sons released their second studio album ‘Babel’ which debuted at number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. It became the fastest selling album of 2012 in the UK and was nominated in the category of “Album of the Year” for both a Brit Award and Grammy Award, winning the latter.
Today in history
1564 – The birth, in Gillingham, of William Adams, the English navigator who travelled to Japan and is believed to be the first Englishman ever to reach the country. Adams was the inspiration for the character of John Blackthorne in James Clavell’s best selling novel Shōgun.
1645 – The Battle of Rowton Heath took place some 2 miles to the south-east of Chester. The Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army, commanded in person by King Charles, prevented Charles from relieving the Siege of Chester. It is alleged that King Charles stood on Phoenix Tower in Chester and saw his army defeated in battle.
1776 – The oldest of the British classic horse races, the St Leger, was run for the first time at Doncaster Racecourse.
1842 – Bramwell Bronte, brother of the Bronte sisters, died of drugs and drink. He was the model for the drunkard Hindley Earnshaw in Wuthering Weights.
1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.
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