Jeff Stelling, English journalist and game show host
Robert Jeffrey Stelling (born 18 March 1955) is an English television presenter. He currently presents Gillette Soccer Saturday for Sky Sports and hosted coverage of the Champions League between 2011 and 2015.
He also presented the Channel 4 quiz show Countdown (2009–2011) and ITV game show Alphabetical (2016–2017).
On 30 October 2021, Stelling announced his intention to leave Soccer Saturday at the end of the 2021–22 season.. However, on 28 March 2022, Sky Sports announced that Stelling would be staying until at least the end of the 2022-23 season.
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Events on 1955
- 7Jan
Metropolitan Opera
Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera. - 13Feb
Dead Sea Scrolls
Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls. - 18Feb
Nevada Test Site
Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series. - 14May
Warsaw Pact
Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact. - 23Oct
State of Vietnam referendum, 1955
Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam.