CSB - Today in History - June 11

Today in History - June 11

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today in history. Stand in the darkets of Pound.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Welcome to the eleventh day of June, our day in history,
and we're opening with a track from the Beatles. Although
they were only too involved with this song it was
today in nineteen sixty nine, they were sitting at number
one on the charts around the world with the Ballad
of John and Yoka was the group seventeenth UK number one,
but the only two Beatles that played actually on the

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track with John Lennon and Paul mccaffney. There was tragedy
at Lemonne in the Lamon twenty four hour race today
in nineteen fifty five, when a car skid it off
the track and exploded amongst the crowd.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
Seems to be going smoothly when disasters tracks at one
hundred and twenty five miles an hour, Lave's Mercedes collides
and blows up enough you'll gust seconds. Death waves out
whole families. LaVey is killed before his waves eyes and

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some seventy spectators with him. Among the bodies, Frantic survivors
seek their friends.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
Yesterday in nineteen fifty five. Real tragedy right and talking
about motor racing. Famous motor racing driver the Flying Scott.
Jackie Stewart birthdays today. Former Formula one racing driver from Scotland.
He raced between sixty five and seventy three. Sir John
Young Stuart, Happy birthday to Jackie. He is eighty five today.

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It's the drummer from zz Top Frank Bird's birthday or
in Texas. Frank Bird turned seventy five today. Youngest of
the van zandt brothers. This time it's Donnie van Zand
it's his birthday today. He was a member of a
band called thirty eight Special. They had a hit called

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Second Chance. He's the middle of the three brothers. He
had a brother, Ronnie, original lead singer for Lynd Skinner
who in their plane crash, and also Johnny. There was Ronnie,
and there was Johnny, and there was Donnie Vanze. Happy
birthday to Donnie Vanzette seventy two today. English born actor
Hugh Laurie. Happy birthday at Hugh Laurie. He is sixty

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five days Doctor Ross's birthday moment Oz he is sixty
four today. Jean Alesi, another ex Formula one driver eighty
nine to two thousand and one. Jean Alesi is sixty today.
Former All Black made his debut in nineteen eighty seven.
Graham Bashop, Happy birthday, Graham fifty seven. A few sportsman

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birthday today. It's Mark Richardson's birthday. Former New Zealand cricketer
and now commentator. He's fifty three today. Also not cricketer
Darryl Tuppy Darryl borny six today. And Stephen Kearney coach
and former player of the New Zealand Warriors. Stephen Kearney
fifty two today. And Shea leboff Can actress heus thirty eight.

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The clear whole Australian born actress is thirty six.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
There it is.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
It's wonderous to people having birthdays. It's eleventh day of
June here on Gold Sport. This is the Country Sport Breakfast.
Good morning,