November 21st "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 325 of the year! Known as Red Mitten Day, False Confession Day as well as World Hello Day and National Stuffing Day. If you were born on this day, you were likely conceived the week of February 28th. Your star sign is “Scorpio” and your birthstone is Topaz.
2019 – Elon Musk revealed Tesla’s first electric cyber truck with shatterproof windows. However, at the grand reveal, when the shatterproof windows were tested by being repeatedly hit by the design chief Franz von Holzhausen, the windows shattered.
Todays birthdays
1945 – Goldie Hawn (78), American actress (Death Becomes Her, Private Benjamin), born in Washington, D.C., United States.
1964 – Liza Tarbuck (59), British actress (Bleak House), comedian, and television (Blockbusters, The Big Breakfast) and radio presenter, born in Liverpool.
1965 – Bjork (58), Icelandic singer (It’s Oh So Quiet), songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress, born in Reykjavík, Iceland.
1968 – Alex James (55), British musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Blur (“Girls & Boys”, “Country House”), born in Boscombe, Bournemouth.
1985 – Carly Rae Jepsen (38), Canadian singer (“Call Me Maybe”), born in Mission, British Columbia.
The day today
1967 – The number of animals slaughtered in the latest epidemic of foot and mouth disease reached a record high of 134,000.
1990 – Mick Jagger marries Jerry Hall in Bali. The marriage was declared ‘null and void’ on August 13, 1999 after a judge ruled that the six- hour ceremony in Bali was never registered.
1998 – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was released in Japan for the N64. With a budget of over $12 million, Ocarina of Time was always going to impress. That said, even the developers couldn’t have foreseen the legendary status it attained: the highest ranking game of all time on Metacritic.
2012 – Stone Roses guitarist John Squire’s art studio burns down at his home in Macclesfield. On the same day, Chelsea Manager Roberto Di Matteo is sacked and replaced by Rafael Benítez.
2019 – Elon Musk revealed Tesla’s first electric cyber truck with shatterproof windows. However, at the grand reveal, when the shatterproof windows were tested by being repeatedly hit by the design chief Franz von Holzhausen, the windows shattered. After a reassuring speech by Musk, the cyber truck did not live up to expectations, so Tesla’s share price plummeted by 6%.
Today in music
1954 – American singer and actress Rosemary Clooney was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘This Ole House.’ This song was also a No.1 for Shakin’ Stevens in 1981. Her nephew, George Clooney was a pallbearer at her funeral in 2002.
1981 – Queen and David Bowie were at No.1 in the UK with Under Pressure. They recorded the song together when both acts were working in a Swiss recording studio. It was David Bowie’s first released collaboration with another recording artist.
1991 – Aerosmith made a guest appearance in the Simpsons TV animated comedy. Other acts who have appeared on the show included: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, U2, The Moody Blues, The B-52’s, The Who, R.E.M., Phish, Blink-182, Metallica, and The White Stripes.
1992 – Charles and Eddie were at No.1 in the UK singles chart with ‘Would I Lie To You’ the debut single by the pop-soul duo and their only chart topper.
2004 – Girls Aloud started a two week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of the Pretenders ‘I’ll Stand By You.’ This was 2004’s single for the Children In Need appeal with its proceeds going towards the charity.
Today in history
1695 – The death of Henry Purcell, English composer and organist. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers and no other native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar.
1783 – French chemistry and physics teacher Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made his first successful balloon flight. His joy for balloons eventually killed him when he tried to cross the English Channel with Pierre Romain. This became the first-ever known air crash fatality.
1843 – Thomas Hancock patented vulcanized rubber. In 1825 he had produced the first toy balloons in Britain, consisting of a bottle of rubber solution and a condensing syringe.
1806 – Napoleon bans all trade with Britain.
1916 – HMHS Britannic, the largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line and sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic was sunk, with the loss of 30 lives. There were a total of 1,066 people on board, with 1,036 survivors taken from the water and lifeboats, about two hours after the ship sank at 9:07 am. She was the largest ship lost during the First World War.
Fact of the day
Brunch was invented as a way of curing hangovers. This meal would be enjoyed as a late breakfast that leans more towards fatty foods. This came from the belief that alcohol causes cravings for greasy food to increase.
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