CSB - Today in History - June 19

Today in History - June 19

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today in history, There we go out, day in history,
being the nineteenth day of June, the one hundred and
seventieth day of the year, and opening with a little
bit of Martha and the Van Dallas. Today. In nineteen
sixty four, they recorded one of Motown's signature songs, this
one Dancing in the Street, written by Marvin Gaye, recorded

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today in nineteen sixty four. Quite a significant day in
New Zealand history. Today in motorsport, in nineteen sixty six,
New Zealand drivers and Ford cars dominated the twenty four
hour Lamonne motor Race. Bruce McLaren and Chris Amen combined
in a Ford g T forty to win the race
with three hundred and sixty laps, marginally ahead of the

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second place Ford driven by Denny Holm, whose birthday was
yesterday Sadly he's not around anymore and British driver Ken Miles.
The margin of victory was officially calculated at eight meters,
still the closest in Loan Morn history, and it was today.
In two thousand and five, Michael Campbell became the second
New Zealander after Bob Charles, to win a golf major

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when he finished two strokes ahead of world number one.
Tiger Woods in the United States open at the Pinehurst
Course in North Carolina. It happened on this day in
two thousand and five. Happy birthday to Wellington the railway
station today opened officially today in nineteen thirty seven. Right
to the famous people having birthdays today and topping the

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list is Felicia Richard, TV actress she was Clear Huxtable
and the Cosby She is seventy six today. From the
band Heart comes their lead singer Anne Wilson, turning seventy four.
Isley All that glitter is good. She's amazing along with
her sister Nancy, part of Heart seventy four. It's actress

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Kathleen Turner's birthday, turning seventy today. Many happy birthdays to her.
And from the band comes their drama multi instrumentalist Actually
Abby birthday to Mark DeBarge who is sixty five today.
And it's Paula Abdall's birthday. She is sixty two today's

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and Boris Johnson, ex Prime Minister of the UK of
twenty nineteen to twenty two so Mayor of London as well.
Real character, he turns sixty today. He's got an interesting
real name. His real name is, and hopefully I'll be
able to pronounce this right. Alexander Boris depifor Johnson Heaby

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birthday Boris sixty today and New Zealand swimmer Habby birthday
to two hundred meter Butterfy specialist holds Commonwealth record moss
Bermister he is forty three today and that is at
day in history here on gold Sport. This is the
three sport breaklest