August 19th "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 231 of the year! Known as World Photo Day, World Humanitarian Day and Aviation Day. If you were born on this day, you were likely conceived the week of November 26th 2022 and have the star sign “Leo”.
2008 – Chris Hoy encapsulates British dominance of track cycling at the Beijing Olympics beating teammate Jason Kenny to win the sprint, adding to his keirin and team sprint gold medals.
Todays birthdays
1943 – Billy J. Kramer (80), British pop rock vocalist (The Dakotas – “Bad To Me”), born in Bootle, Lancashire, England.
1950 – Jennie Bond (73), British journalist (BBC Royal Correspondent), born in Hitchin, England.
1951 – John Deacon (72), British rock bassist (Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust”), born in Leicester, England.
1969 – Matthew Perry (54), Canadian-American actor (Chandler Bing on Friends), born in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
1984 – Simon Bird (39), British comic actor (The Inbetweeners -“Will”; Friday Night Dinner – “Adam”), born in Guildford, Surrey, England.
The day today
1942 – British and Canadian troops launched a disastrous attack on German-held Dieppe. Of the 6,000 troops involved, only about 2,500 returned. The rest were killed or captured.
1953 – The England cricket team, under captain Len Hutton, won The Ashes against Australia for the first time since the tour of 1932-1933.
1960 – Penguin Books received a summons in response to their plans to publish Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
1970 – The 1000th episode of Coronation Street was broadcast. It is the world’s longest-running television soap opera.
1989 – The offshore, North Sea pirate radio station, Radio Caroline, was raided and silenced by the British and Dutch governments. However broadcasts resumed on 1st October of that year and continued on low/moderate power until fuel for the generator ran out on 6th November 1990. Radio Caroline currently broadcasts 24 hours a day via the Eutelsat satellite and Internet radio.
Today in music
1967 – The Beatles scored their 14th US No.1 single with ‘All You Need Is Love’. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Keith Moon, Graham Nash, Marianne Faithfull and Walker Brother Gary Leeds all sang backing vocals on the track.
1974 – The Three Degrees were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘When Will I See You Again.’ The girl group’s only UK No.1. They were Prince Charles’ favourite group of the 70s.
1977 – The Sex Pistols started an undercover UK tour as The Spots, (an acronym for Sex Pistols on tour secretly).
1978 – The Commodores started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Three Times A Lady’. Lionel Richie wrote the song about his love for his wife, mother and grandmother hence ‘Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady.’
1988 – ‘Crazy’ by Patsy Cline and Elvis Presley’s ‘Hound Dog’ were announced as the most played jukebox songs of the first hundred years. The jukebox had been around since 1906, but earlier models had been first seen in 1889.
Historical events
1561 – Mary Queen of Scots arrived in Scotland (following the death of her French husband Francis II,) to assume the throne after spending 13 years in France.
1612 – Three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury were put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft. It was one of the most famous witch trials in English history as all three – Jane Southworth, Jennet Bierley, and Ellen Bierley were acquitted. The charges against the women included child murder and cannibalism.
1692 – Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
1897 – The London Electric Cab Company began operating the electric-powered taxi cabs in London’s West End and the City. They had a range of up to 30 miles, and a top speed of 9 miles an hour. The cabs prove uneconomical and were withdrawn in 1900.
1960 – Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
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