English comedian, actress, and screenwriter

Jo Brand

Josephine Grace Brand is an English comedian, presenter, actress and writer. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on Saturday Live, she went on to appear on The Brain Drain, Channel 4's Jo Brand Through the Cakehole, Getting On and various television appearances including as a regular guest on QI, Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie to You?. She also makes regular appearances on BBC Radio 4 in programmes such as The News Quiz and Just a Minute. Since 2014 she has been the presenter of The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice.

Born

1957

July 23

Died

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1950s

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1957 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

811 Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.
1319 A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios.
1632 Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
1677 Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.

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The world in 1957

When Jo arrived

april 11 United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
april 24 Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
april 30 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery enters into force.
april 6 The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".

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Aaron Peirsol 1983– American swimmer Apolinario Mabini 1864–1903 Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (died 1903) Chandra Shekhar Azad 1906–1931 Indian revolutionary (born 1906) Deandre Ayton 1998– Bahamian basketball player John Babcock 1900– Canadian-American sergeant (died 2010) Juliet Anderson 1938– American porn actress and producer (died 2010) Kâzım Karabekir 1882– Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (died 1948) Manuel María Lombardini 1802–1853 Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (born 1802) Morris Halle 1923– Latvian-American linguist and academic (died 2018)

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Also born in 1957

Osama bin Laden 1957–2011 Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (died 2011) Ade Edmondson 1957– English comedian and musician Ben Howland 1957– American basketball player and coach Bill Cartwright 1957– American basketball player and coach Bill Cowher 1957– American football player, coach, and analyst Bret Hart 1957– Canadian wrestler Bryan Robson 1957– English footballer and manager Chalermchai Sitthisart 1957– Thai military officer, 40th Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army Charlie Brandt 1957–2004 American serial killer (died 2004)

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