August 28th "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 240 of the year! Known as Bow Tie Day, Power Rangers Day, Red Wine Day. If you were born on this day, you were likely conceived the week of December 5th 2022 and your star sign is “Virgo”.
1988 – Kylie Minogue set a new UK record when her debut album Kylie, became the biggest selling album by a female artist in Britain, with sales of almost 2 million.
Todays birthdays
1961 – Jennifer Coolidge (62), American actress best known for playing Stifler’s mom in American Pie, born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
1965 – Shania Twain (58), Canadian singer-songwriter (“You’re Still The One”; “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!”), born in Windsor, Canada.

1969 – Jack Black (54), American actor (School of Rock), comedian, and musician (Tenacious D), born in Santa Monica, California, United States.

1982 – LeAnn Rimes (41), American singer, songwriter and actress (“Can’t Fight the Moonlight”), born in Mississippi, United States.
1986 – Florence Welch (37), British blues and swing jazz singer (Florence and the Machine), born in London.
The day today
1933 – For the first time, a BBC-broadcasted appeal was used by the police in tracking down a wanted man (murder suspect Stanley Hobday).
1973 – Princess Anne visited Russia, to ride for Britain in an equestrian event, thus becoming the first member of the Royal Family to visit the country.
1981 – For the third time in 10 days, a world record in the mile run was set. Sebastian Coe, who broke Steve Ovett’s record on August 19th and lost it to Ovett on August 26th , broke it again – by a full second – in Brussels, Belgium. Coe’s new record time was 3:47.33.
1986 – Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was at the re-opening of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in which she and Conservative Party members had been staying in 1983 when it was bombed by the IRA.
1994 – Thousands of shops throughout England and Wales opened legally for the first time on a Sunday, following a change in the Sunday trading laws.
Today in music
1988 – Kylie Minogue set a new UK record when her debut album Kylie became the biggest selling album by a female artist in Britain with sales of almost two million.
1993 – German-based multi-national dance act Culture Beat started a four-week run at No.1 in the UK singles chart with ‘Mr Vain’. It was the first UK No.1 single not to be available in a 7″ version.
2005 – Art Garfunkel was charged by police for possession after a marijuana cigarette was allegedly found in the ashtray of his car. Garfunkel had pleaded guilty the previous year to possession of marijuana in upstate New York.
2009 – Noel Gallagher quit Oasis saying he could no longer work with his brother Liam. Noel, the group’s lead guitarist and chief songwriter, had recently been involved in a series of rows with Liam, and admitted he and his brother rarely spoke, did not travel together and only saw each other on stage.
2012 – Celebrity Net Worth named Ringo Starr as the world’s richest drummer, with an estimated fortune of $300 million. Phil Collins was ranked second with $250 million, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl was third with $225 million, the Eagles’ Don Henley came in forth with $200 million and Metallica’s Lars Ulrich was fifth with $175 million. Also making the top ten were U2’s Larry Mullen and The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts.
Today in history
1640 – The Scots, under Sir Alexander Leslie, defeated royalist English forces under Lord Conway at the battle of Newburn near Newcastle. Newcastle was then occupied by the Scots in the English-Scottish wars.
1833 – The House of Commons approved the Abolition Act, introduced earlier by Thomas Buxton, abolishing slavery throughout most of the British Empire.
1837 – Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufacture Worcestershire Sauce.
1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
1914 – The Battle of Heligoland Bight, the first major naval battle of World War 1, was fought. The Germans lost four ships and 1,000 sailors. British casualties numbered 33.
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