Monday, March 17th "2025" Daily Prep

Todays birthdays
1973 – Caroline Corr (52), Irish singer and drummer for the Celtic folk rock band the Corrs (“Breathless”, “Runaway”), born in Dundalk, Ireland.
2023 – Lance Reddick (b. 1962), American actor (The Wire, John Wick and the voice of Commander Zavala in the popular video game, Destiny and Destiny 2).
1951 – The comic strip character Dennis the Menace appeared in the Beano for the first time. His red and black striped jumper did not feature until a few weeks later and his pet dog Gnasher did not make an appearance until 31st August 1968.
2013 – The last TV network news from Television Centre in west London was broadcast on BBC One. Mishal Husain presented the programme from studio N6 at 22:00 GMT, signing off nearly 45 years of bulletins after the Centre had been sold for redevelopment.
Today in history
1891 – SS Utopia collided with HMS Anson (a pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy) in the Bay of Gibraltar and sank in less than 20 minutes, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.