September 22nd "2023" daily prep

Welcome to day 265 of the year! Known as Astronomy Day, National White Chocolate Day and Hobbit Day. If you were born on this day, you were likely conceived the week of December 30th 2022 and your star sign is “Virgo”.
1934 – The worst pit disaster in Britain for 21 years killed more than 260 miners in an explosion and fire at the Gresford Mine in Wales.
Todays birthdays

1953 – Richard Fairbrass (70), English singer, best known as lead singer of the pop group Right Said Fred (“I’m Too Sexy”), born in Kingston upon Thames.

1969 – Sue Perkins (54), English actress, broadcaster, comedian, presenter (Light Lunch, The Great British Bake Off), born in Croydon.
1971 – Chesney Hawkes (52), English pop singer (“The One and Only”) and occasional actor, born in Windsor.
1982 – Billie Piper (41), English actress (Doctor Who, Secret Diary of a Call Girl) and former singer (“Because We Want To”), born in Swindon.
1987 – Tom Felton (36), English actor best known for playing Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series, born in Epsom, Surrey.
The day today
1910 – The Duke of York’s Picture House opened in Brighton. It is now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
1934 – The worst pit disaster in Britain for 21 years killed more than 260 miners in an explosion and fire at the Gresford Mine in Wales.
1955 – Independent Television (ITV) began operating. Only six minutes of advertisements were allowed each hour and there was no Sunday morning TV permitted. The first advertisement screened was for Gibbs SR toothpaste.
1986 – Surgeons at Harefield Hospital performed a heart & lung transplant operation on the world’s youngest patient, a 10 week old baby.
2013 – Sir Bradley Wiggins added the Tour of Britain title to his collection after sealing an emphatic victory in London. Wiggins, who won the Tour de France and Olympic time trial in 2012, had led since winning the third stage and began stage eight with a 26-second advantage.
Today in music
1964 – Herman’s Hermits were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Carole King & Gerry Goffin song ‘I’m Into Something Good’, the group’s only UK No.1.
1973 – The Rolling Stones scored their eighth UK No.1 album when ‘Goats Head Soup’ started a two-week run at the top of the charts. Also a US No.1.
1979 – Gary Numan had his second and final UK No.1 single with ‘Cars’. Also on this day Gary Numan went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘The Pleasure Principle.’
1990 – Nirvana played their biggest gig to date when they appeared at the Motor Sports International Garage in Seattle. Drummer Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) who would audition for the band in a few days time was in the audience of 15,000 people.
1991 – Bryan Adams made chart history when ‘(Everything I Do), I Do It For You’, had its twelfth consecutive week as the UK No.1 single.
Today in history
1692 – The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
1735 – Sir Robert Walpole became the first prime minister to occupy 10 Downing Street.
1761 – George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1896 – Queen Victoria surpassed her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history. The record stood until 9th September 2015 when Queen Elizabeth II became the longest serving monarch of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
1910 – The Duke of York’s Picture House opened in Brighton. It is now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
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