August 14th "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 226 of the year! Known as Tattoo Removal Day and VJ Day. If you were born on this day, you were likely conceived the week of November 21st 2022 and have the star sign “Leo”.
1971 – Kevin Keegan makes his League debut for Liverpool at Anfield, scoring after 12 minutes against Nottingham Forest.
Todays birthdays
1960 – Sarah Brightman (64), English classical crossover soprano singer, actress, and dancer (Hot Gossip), born in Hertfordshire, England.
1966 – Halle Berry (57), American actress (X-Men: The Last Stand: Monsters Ball), born in Cleveland, Ohio.c
1983 – Mila Kunis (40), Ukrainian-American actress (Friends with Benefits; That ’70s Show – “Jacki'”), born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
1984 – Nick Grimshaw (39), English television and former radio presenter (BBC Radio 1), podcaster and author, born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
1987 – James Buckley (36), English actor (Jay Cartwright in the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners.), musician, YouTuber and streamer, born in Croyden, Surrey, England.
The day today
1948 – The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in London.
1967 – All UK offshore pirate radio stations were declared illegal when the UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act became law at midnight On This Day, but Radio Caroline continued to broadcast until March 1968.
2006 – Boy George was seen sweeping streets in New York as part of a five-day community service sentence. The former Culture Club frontman was moved into a fenced-off area after only 30 minutes after he was mobbed by the media. The 45-year-old singer was found guilty of wasting police time earlier this year and was threatened with jail if he failed to complete the court-imposed sentence.
2013 – Mark Sutton, the 42 year old British stuntman who parachuted into the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony dressed as James Bond, was killed in a wingsuit flying accident in the Swiss Alps.
2019 – Stephanie Frappart of France is the first woman to referee a major match in a European men’s tournament – the UEFA Super Cup tie Chelsea vs Liverpool in Istanbul.
Today in music
1978 – The Police released their third single ‘Can’t Stand Losing You’ as the follow-up single to ‘Roxanne’ which when released the following year peaked at No.2 on the UK chart.
1993 – Freddie Mercury had his first solo UK No.1 single with ‘Living On My Own’. The song had been a minor hit in 1985 when released from his solo album Mr. Bad Guy, this remixed version was reissued.
1999 – Ronan Keating had the UK No.1 single with ‘When You Say Nothing At All’. The debut solo single from the Boyzone lead singer. The song was from the film Notting Hill.
2003 – One True Voice the boyband formed from the ITV1 pop talent show Popstars: The Rivals split up. The group were formed alongside Girls Aloud after winning their places in the Popstars: the Rivals series. One True Voice were later voted Britain’s worst group in a poll just a day after their tour was cancelled due to poor ticket sales.
2005 – James Blunt topped both the UK singles chart (with ‘You’re Beautiful’), and album charts (‘Back to Bedlam’), for a fifth week in a row, a feat last achieved by Celine Dion. Her single ‘Think Twice’ and album ‘Colour Of My Love’ topped both charts simultaneously for five weeks in 1995.
Historical events
1040 – King Duncan of Scotland was murdered by Macbeth, who then became king and ruled for 17 years.
1852 – The first public lavatory was opened, on London’s Fleet Street.
1880 – Originally started in 1248, construction of the cathedral (Kölner Dom) in Cologne, Germany, the largest Gothic church in northern Europe and the city’s major landmark was finally completed.
1908 – The world’s first international beauty contest was held at Folkestone, Kent.
1945 – World War II: Following the dropping of atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered to the Allies, ending World War II.
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