July 18th "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 199 of the year! Known as World Listening Day, Perfect Family Day and Caviar Day. If you were born on this day, you were likely conceived the week of October 25th 2022.
1970 – Radio 1 DJ Kenny Everett was sacked after he joked on air that the wife of the conservative transport minister Mary Peyton had ‘crammed a fiver into the examiner’s hand’, when taking her driving test.
Todays birthdays
1950 – Richard Branson (73), British music entrepreneur (Virgin Group), born in London, England.
1957 – Nick Faldo (66), English golfer (US Masters 1989, 90, 96; British Open 1987, 90, 92), born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.
1967 – Vin Diesel (55), American actor (The Fast and the Furious, Riddick), born in Alameda County, California.
1977 – Kelly Reilly (46), English actress (Yellowstone), born in Chessington, Greater London, England

1980 – Kristen Bell (43), American actress (Veronica Mars, Frozen), born in Huntington Woods, Michigan.

The day today
1920 – The unveiling of the Cenotaph War memorial in Whitehall, London to commemorate the war dead. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and takes its name from the Greek words kenos and taphos meaning empty tomb.
1970 – Radio 1 DJ Kenny Everett was sacked after he joked on air that the wife of the conservative transport minister Mary Peyton had ‘crammed a fiver into the examiner’s hand’, when taking her driving test.
1975 – Former British MP John Stonehouse was flown back from Australia to face charges relating to his attempt to falsify his own death.
2000 – Police confirmed that the body they had found in a West Sussex field the previous day was that of missing eight-year old Sarah Payne. Her murderer, Roy Whiting, was convicted in December 2001 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
2018 – Google is fined a record $5.1 billion by the EU for abusing its power in the mobile phone market.
Today in music
1960 – Brenda Lee went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘I’m Sorry’ it made No.12 in the UK. Seeking publicity the 4′ 11 tall singer was once billed as a 32-year- old midget and had the nickname Little Miss Dynamite.
1970 – Pink Floyd, Roy Harper, Kevin Ayers, and the Edgar Broughton Band, all appeared at a free concert held in Hyde Park, London, England.
1978 – Def Leppard made their live debut at Westfield School, Sheffield, England in front of 150 students.
1998 – The Beastie Boys went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Hello Nasty’, only the second rap album to make No.1 in the UK, the first being Wu-Tang Clan.
2017 – R&B singer R Kelly denied allegations that he was holding several young women in an “abusive cult”. The singer’s lawyer said he would work “diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and clear his name”.
Historical events
1290 – King Edward I orders expulsion of Jews from England, this edict will remain in place for 350 years
1389 – France and Britain agreed to the Truce of Leulinghem. It inaugurated a 13-year peace; the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years’ War.
1801 – HMS Investigator sets off on a voyage to determine if New Holland (Australia) is one island or two, under command of Matthew Flinders, with botanist Robert Brown and artists Ferdinand Bauer and William Westall aboard.
1817 – Jane Austen, English novelist of Pride and Prejudice died, aged 41. She was buried at Winchester Cathedral.
1872 – Britain introduced the concept of voting by secret ballot.
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