CSB - Today in History - July 12

Today in History - July 12

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today in history.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Yes, a day in history being the twelfth day of July.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
And it was.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Today, in nineteen fifty eight that a group of young
teenagers in Liverpool went into Percy Phillips's studio and recorded
this buddy Holly song, That'll be the Day. And that
group were known as the Quarrymen and comprised John Lennon,
Paul McCartney and George Harrison, along with John Dufflow on
piano and Colin Hanton on drums. And this was the

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vanity they recorded this day in nineteen fifty eight, Buddy Hollies,
that'll be the day. In fact, there was a day
of first really because today at the Marquee Club in
London in nineteen sixty two, the Rolling Stones performed their
very first concerts. Oh yes, they were so young as well.

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Wasn't that wonderful? Nineteen sixty two. It's only be good
to forward to two thousand and one and a New
Zealander won a Tour de France stage on this day
and he was writing for his credit to Agricole team.
His name was Chris Jenner. He didn't finish with the core,

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he shared in the stage win and got to stand
on the podium. So well done, Chris Jenner. All right.
Famous people having birthdays today and topping the list is
William H. Crosby Bill Crosby born in Philadelphia eighty seven
years ago. It was famous for The Cosby Show eighty
four to ninety two, but also being disgraced and jailed

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in the latter years. He's eighty seven today. It's Gareth
Owen Edwards's birthday today. Happy birthday to the legendary Welsh
rugby player turned seventy seven today, arguably the greatest player
to ever done a Welsh jersey. In fact, in the
three poll of international rugby players conducted by Rugby World magazine,

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Edwards was declared the greatest player of all time. Big call,
Big call, indeed. Happy birthday to Gareth seventy seven today.
American rock singer Walter Egan. Happy birthday to him today.
He's seventy six today. One won the really This song
Magnet and Steel of his second album. American fitness guru

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Richard Simmons, Many Happy returns of the day to him
seventy six today. And a man who owns a network
of over one hundred car dealerships in the US of
a and is the owner of a NASCAR team, Hendrick Motorsport.
Founder of that motorsport team, Joseph Rick Hendrick, the third
to be exact. He's seventy five today and one of

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Charlie's Angels. Happy birthday to Sheryl Lamb, she played Chris
Munroe in the Charlie's Angels series. She's seventy three today.
So then we go our day in history here on
Gold Sport. This is the Country Sport Breakfast