July 16th "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 197 of the year! Known as Guinea Pig Appreciation Day, National Corn Fritter Day and World Snake Day. If you were born today you were likely conceived the week of October 23rd 2022.

1945 – The Manhattan Project: The world’s first nuclear explosion occurred, when a plutonium implosion device was tested at a site located 210 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada.

Todays birthdays
1951 – Lorraine Chase (72), English actress and model (Emmerdale 2002-2006, Lame Ducks, Love & Bullets), born in Deptford, England.
1958 – Michael Flatley (65), Irish-American dancer-choreographer (Riverdance; Lord of Dance), flute player, and filmmaker, born in Chicago, Illinois.
1966 – Johnny Vaughan (57), English television (The Big Breakfast) and radio presenter (Capitol FM) and a film critic, born in Barnet, London.
1971 – Corey Feldman (52), American actor (Goonies, Stand by Me, Lost Boys), born in Reseda, Los Angeles, California.
1989 – Gareth Bale (34), Welsh soccer winger (Tottenham, Real Madrid, Wales), born in Cardiff, Wales.
The day today
1945 – The leaders of the three Allied nations (Winston Churchill, Harry S Truman and Josef Stalin) gathered in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
1955 – Stirling Moss won the British Grand Prix at the Aintree track near Liverpool – the first time an Englishman had triumphed in the race. His success in a variety of categories placed him among the world’s elite and he is often called ‘the greatest driver never to win the World Championship’.
1964 – The Rolling Stones had their first UK No.1 single with It’s All Over Now, although their American tour, just a month earlier had been, in Bill Wyman’s words, ‘a disaster’,
1987 – The two biggest airlines in the UK (One time rivals British Caledonian and British Airways) merged in order to compete with America’s giant air corporations.
2018 – 12 new moons are discovered orbiting Jupiter bringing the planet’s moon total to 79.
Today in music
1993 – The first of the three day Phoenix festival in England started, featuring Sonic Youth, Faith No More, The Black Crowes, Julian Cope, Pop Will Eat Itself, Radiohead, Living Colour, Manic Street Preachers, Pulp, tickets £49.
2000 – Coldplay went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut release Parachutes. The release spawned the hit singles ‘Shiver’, ‘Yellow’, ‘Trouble’, and ‘Don’t Panic’ and won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2002.
2001 – Robbie Williams started a two week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Eternity / The Road To Mandalay.’ The 4th No.1 for the former Take That singer.
2007 – Three masked men, carrying sledgehammers and crowbars, broke into the home of former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona and escaped with goods including the singers BMW M5 sports car, two laptops, two gaming machines and two televisions. The robbers held a knife to the neck of the former pop star during the raid on her home in Wilmslow, Cheshire.
2012 – Queen’s 1975 classic Bohemian Rhapsody was voted as the UK’s “Favorite No. 1 Single,” narrowly beating out Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’ for the top spot. The poll conducted by the Official Charts Company had The Beatles ‘Hey Jude’ at No.5, with Adele’s hit ‘Someone Like You’ at No.3.
Historical events
1377 – The Coronation of Richard II, aged 10. He was king of England until he was deposed in 1399.
1557 – The death, aged 41, of Anne of Cleves, Queen of England and 4th wife of Henry VIII.
1723 – The birth of Sir Joshua Reynolds, an influential English painter, specialising in portraits. He was one of the founders and first President of the Royal Academy. King George III appreciated his merits and knighted him in 1769.
1861 – American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
1940 – Adolf Hitler orders preparations for the invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion).
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