September 27th "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 270 of the year! Known as National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day & Tourist Day. If you were born on this day, you were likely conceived the week of January 4th 2023 and your star sign is “Libra”.
1825 – The world’s first public railway service began with the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Built by George Stephenson, the track was 27 miles long, and the steam locomotive pulled 32 passenger wagons at ten miles per hour.
Todays birthdays
1948 – Michele Dotrice (75), English actress best known for Betty Spencer, the long-suffering wife of Frank Spencer (Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em), born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
1970 – Anna Richardson (53), English television presenter (Changing Rooms, Naked Attraction), born in Wellington, Telford.
1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow (51), American actress (Shallow Hal, Sliding Doors, The Talented Mr. Ripley), born in Los Angeles, California, United States.
1984 – Avril Lavigne (39), Canadian singer and songwriter (Sk8er Boi, Complicated, I’m with You), born in Belleville, Canada.
2002 – Jenna Ortega (21), American actress (The Fallout, Wednesday, Beetlejuice 2), born in Coachella Valley, California.
The day today
1908 – The first Ford Model T car (assembly started on August 12th 1908), left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit. In May 1927, the 15 millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line.
1938 – The 83,000 ton liner ‘Queen Elizabeth’ was launched at John Brown’s Yard on Clydebank in Scotland by the Queen Mother. With her sister ship Queen Mary, she provided luxury liner service between Southampton and New York via Cherbourg in France.
1979 – Elton John collapsed on stage when performing at the Hollywood Universal Amphitheater. Elton had been suffering from the flu. Emergency services revived him and gave him oxygen, and within just ten minutes, amazingly, he got back on stage and finished his performance.
1991 – The first Scrabble Championship was held in London, with 20 countries competing.
2014 – Amy Hughes, a 26-year-old sports therapist, from Oswestry in Shropshire set a new world record by running 53 marathons in 53 consecutive days.
Today in music
1980 – David Bowie scored his fourth UK No.1 album with his fourteenth studio album Scary Monsters (And Supercreeps). The album featured the singles ‘Ashes to Ashes and ‘Fashion’.
1986 – The Beatles track ‘Twist and Shout’ re-entered the US singles chart over twenty-five years after it first appeared, after the song was featured in the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
1998 – The Manic Street Preachers scored their first UK No.1 album with their fifth album ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’.
2011 – Tony Bennett became the oldest living person to top the album chart when the 85-year-old’s ‘Duets II’ album went to No.1. The record, which featured collaborations with Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga, was also his first US No.1 in his 60 year career.
2012 – Lil Wayne became the new king of the Billboard Hot 100 by placing his 109th song on the chart as an artist. The rapper featured on Game’s latest track ‘Celebration.’ Elvis Presley, with 108 entries, had held the title for 45 years.
Today in history
1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme River in Picardy, northern France, beginning the Norman Conquest of England.
1598 – The birth, in Bridgwater, Somerset of Robert Blake, military commander and one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th century. He was nicknamed ‘Father of the Royal Navy’.
1825 – The world’s first public railway service began with the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Built by George Stephenson, the track was 27 miles long, and the steam locomotive pulled 32 passenger wagons at ten miles per hour.
1849 – The opening, by Queen Victoria, of Newcastle’s High Level Bridge. It was designed by Robert Stephenson to form a rail link towards Scotland for the developing English railway network.
1888 – The first use of the name, ‘Jack the Ripper’ in an anonymous letter to the Central News Agency. He went on to kill five women, and it’s believed he may have been responsible for the deaths of four more.
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