August 26th "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 238 of the year! Known as Dog Appreciation Day and Women’s Equality Day. If you were born on this day, you were likely conceived the week of December 3rd 2022 and your star sign is “Virgo”.
2017 – Half a million people take part in a peace march in Barcelona, following terrorist attacks. The attack happened on August 17, when a van smashed into nearby walkers. Thirteen people were killed, while over 100 were injured.
Todays birthdays
1946 – Alison Steadman OBE (77), English actress known for her role as Pamela Steadman in Gavin and Stacey, born in Liverpool.
1954 – Efren Reyes (69), Filipino professional pool player, who is widely regarded as the greatest pool player of all time, born in Mexico, Philippines.
1966 – Shirley Manson (67), Scottish musician and lead singer of the American alternative rock band Garbage (“I Think I’m Paranoid”), born in Edinburgh.
1970 – Melissa McCarthy (53), American actress, screenwriter, and producer (The Hangover Part III; Ghostbusters 2016), born in Illinois, United States.
1980 – Chris Pine (43), American actor (Star Trek reboot franchise; Wonder Woman), born in Los Angeles, California, United States.
The day today
1942 – World War II: The beginning of the Holocaust in western Ukraine. At 2.30 am the German security police evicted Jews from their houses, divided them into groups of 120, packed them in freight cars and deported 2000 to Belzec death camp. 500 of the sick, along with children, were murdered on the spot.
1959 – British car manufacturers Austin and Morris launched a small family car – the ‘Mini’. Also on this day, The Radio Show opened at Earls Court in London, with the appearance of some of the first ‘transistor’ radios.
1963 – Cilla Black made her first major concert appearance at The Odeon Cinema, Southport, on a bill with the Beatles.
1981 – Steve Ovett recaptured the mile-run record which had been taken from him just a week earlier by Sebastian Coe. Ovett’s new world record time was 3:48.40.
2014 – Manchester United signed winger Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid for new a British record transfer fee of £59.7m.
Today in music
1977 – Uriah Heep, Thin Lizzy, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Golden Earing, Aerosmith, Doobie Brothers, Hawkwind, Racing Cars, John Miles, Graham Parker, The Enid, No Dice and Frankie Miller’s Full House all appeared at the 17th three day Reading Festival, England. A three day ticket cost £7.95.
1995 – Blur scored their first UK No.1 single with ‘Country House’ and won a media battle with Oasis for the No.1 position. Both acts released their new singles on the same day, ‘Country House’ topped the chart, selling 270,000 copies, compared to ‘Roll with It’ which sold 220,000, seeing Oasis entering the chart at No.2.
2003 – Rolling Stone Magazine named Jimi Hendrix as the greatest guitarist in Rock history. Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ry Cooder also made the top 10 list.
2014 – Kate Bush made her stage comeback at London’s Hammersmith Apollo to an ecstatic response from fans at her first live concert for 35 years. Bush received a standing ovation as she closed the show with ‘Cloudbusting’, from her 1985 hit album The Hounds of Love. The 22 shows had completely sold out in less than fifteen minutes, after tickets were released in March of that year.
2019 – Ed Sheeran eneded his ÷ (Divide) tour with a show at Chantry Park in Ipswich, England, near his hometown of Framlingham. The tour started on March 16, 2017 and set the record for highest-grossing tour, earning around £620 million over 255 shows.
Today in history
55BC – Julius Caesar crossed the English Channel for his invasion of Britain.
1346 – The English, led by Edward III and his son Edward the Black Prince, won the Battle of Crécy against Philip VI of France. Legend has it, that it was at this battle that the English first used the gesture of holding up two fingers as an insult, as this was how they held their new, and far superior weapon, the longbow.
1498 – Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City.
1676 – Sir Robert Walpole was born. He was a Whig politician who became the first Prime Minister. He was also the first Lord of the Treasury and the first Chancellor of the Exchequer.
1819 – Prince Albert, (Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) and consort to Queen Victoria, was born in Bavaria. He persuaded Victoria towards more progressive views in some areas, took a keen interest in the arts, and organized the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace.
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