November 6th "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 310 of the year! Known as All Saints’ Day, Saxophone Day as well as National Nachos Day. If you were born on this day, you were likely conceived the week of February 13th 2023. Your star sign is “Scorpio” and your birthstone is Topaz.
1975 – UK punk rock group, the Sex Pistols, gave their first public performance at London’s St Martin’s College of Art. College authorities cut the concert short after a mere 10 minutes.
Todays birthdays
1947 – Jim Rosenthal (76), English sports presenter and commentator. As well as his covergage for Athletics, he has also covered eight FIFA World Cups, three Rugby World Cups, two Olympic Games and 150 Formula One races, born in Oxford.
1963 – Patrick Robinson (60), British actor best known for his role as Martin “Ash” Ashford in Casualty and Detective Constable Jacob Banks in The Bill, born in London.
1970 – Ethan Hawke (53), American actor (Dead Poets Society, Training Day), author and film director, born in Austin, Texas, United States.
1972 – Thandie Newton (51), British actress (Mission Impossible 2, The Chronicles of Riddick, Interview with the Vampire), born in Westminster, London.
1988 – Emma Stone (35), American actress (La La Land, Cruella, Zombieland), born in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.
The day today
1970 – Three times Grand National hero Red Rum, the greatest ever steeplechaser, won his first ever race, a novice event at Doncaster, at odds of 100/7.
1975 – UK punk rock group, the Sex Pistols, gave their first public performance at London’s St Martin’s College of Art. College authorities cut the concert short after a mere 10 minutes.
2004 – The death, aged 66, of Fred Dibnah MBE – Bolton born steeplejack, industrial historian, mechnical engineer, steam engine enthusiast and television presenter. His coffin was towed through the centre of Bolton by his restored traction engine, driven by his son, followed by a cortège of steam-powered vehicles.
2011 – Sir Alex Ferguson celebrated 25 years as manager of Manchester United, making him the longest serving manager in their history and the longest serving manager in English League football. He was knighted in 1999 for his services to the game and also holds the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen.
2016 – New Delhi air pollution was declared a public emergency, causing the city to close many schools and construction sites. The smog had been increasing over six days, and on this day, records found harmful pollutants in the air to be 16 times over the safe limit for humans.
Today in music
1977 – ABBA started a four week run at No.1 on the UK single chart with ‘The Name Of The Game’, the group’s 6th No.1. The song was first called ‘A Bit Of Myself.’
1982 – Soft Cell’s ‘Tainted Love’ achieved the longest unbroken run on the UK charts when it logged its 43rd week in the Top 100.
1990 – Madonna released ‘Justify My Love’, the first VHS video single in the US. (Queen released ‘Who Wants To Live Forever’ as a Video Single in the UK four years earlier). Co written by Lenny Kravitz, the song became Madonna’s ninth No.1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No.2 in the United Kingdom.
2005 – The Official UK Charts announced that Robbie Williams had sold the most albums in the UK so far this century with sales of 6.3m. Coldplay were at number two, with sales of 6.2m albums and Dido was in third place 5.7m albums sold. The figures were based on albums sold in the UK from 1st January 2000 to 11th October 2005 excluding greatest hits, live albums and downloads.
2007 – Meat Loaf cancelled his European tour after being diagnosed with a cyst on his vocal cords. The 60-year-old had already scrapped two gigs on doctor’s orders. Speculation had surrounded the tour after he cut short a gig in Newcastle, telling the audience it is “the last show I may ever do in my life”.
Today in history
1429 – Henry VI was crowned King of England, seven years after acceding to the throne at the age of eight months. Two years later, in Paris, he was also crowned King of France.
1638 – Birth of James Gregory, Scottish mathematician and astronomer who described the first practical reflecting telescope and contributed towards the discovery of calculus.
1856 – The first work of fiction by the author Mary Anne Evans (later known as George Eliot) was submitted for publication. The title was ‘Scenes of Clerical Life’. Her 1872 book, Middlemarch, has been described as the greatest novel in the English language.
1913 – Mahatma Gandhi was arrested after leading an Indian miner’s march in protest of the Indian Relief Bill which imposed high and unfair taxes on laborers across India. As a result of the protest, the bill was eventually scrapped.
1935 – The RAF’s first monoplane fighter, the ‘Hawker Hurricane’ made its maiden flight. Although largely overshadowed by the Spitfire, the aircraft became renowned during the Battle of Britain, and accounted for 60% of the RAF’s air victories.
Fact of the day
The national animal of Scotland is the Unicorn which is the Celtic symbol of purity, innocence, masculinity, and power. Considering the fact that people believed they were real for around 2,500 years, there’s no wondering why the official coat of arms of the United Kingdom features a unicorn.
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