CSB - Today in History - Sep 5

Today in History - Sep 5

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

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Oh yes, I'm tend the fifth day of September, our
day in history, and it would have been the legendary
Freddie Mercury's seventy eighth birthday today had he been with us. Sadly,
he passed away November twenty fourth, nineteen ninety one, at
the age of forty five. That he was born seventy

(00:28):
eight years ago. Farak Valsara one of absolute music legends.
Right of a few things that happened on our day
in history. And I want to take you back to
the Rome Olympics of nineteen sixty and it was there
that box of Mohammed Ali. Then Cassius Clay was awarded

(00:48):
the gold medal for his first place in the light
heavyweight boxing competition at those Olympic Games.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
I had now was the Olympics, running every day, training,
visited the Russians, Ryman's, the Italians, all the first barracks
for the people. I was called the Mayor of the
Olympic Villas because I saw popular. I just went all around,
meeting and greet there. But my main goal when I
got to the Olympics was the winner.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
According to his autobiography, on returning to the US, he
was boarding a bus when he was told by the
driver he had to take the colored person's bus, and
he was so incensed he threw his medal into the
Ohio River and it was never ever found. Apparently, during
the nineteen ninety six Atlanta Games, Ali accepted a gold
medal to replace the one he allegedly threw into the river.

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It all happened back in nineteen sixty right to the
famous people having birthdays today, and topping the list retired
Australian actor George Lazimbee, who was the second actor to
portray James Bond. He was in the movie On Her
Majesty's Service Out of nineteen sixty nine. His tenure as
Bond as the shortest among the actors in the series.

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He is eighty five today. It's Al Stewart's birthday today.
Scottish singer one hit Wondering A Way That's a Cat.
This was a big hit for him in nineteen seventy six,
the year of the Cat. Happy birthday to Hel Stuart's
seventy nine talking about one hit Wonders, A singer called
Loudon Snowden. Wayne Wright, the third who had a hit

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called Dead Skunk, in the middle of the road. It's
his birthday today. He turns seventy eight. Thought to play
a bit of that crazy songs alahoily last name. He
should I love left Danner? Should I love Great? He
didn't see the stash on wagons card. The skunk got squashed,
And there you are. You got your den skunk. There

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you go, you got your dead skunk in the middle
of the road. He turns seventy eight today. It's Michael
Keaton actor Michael Keaton's birthday today from the movie Batman,
Mister mum Beetlejuice. He is seventy three today and turning
seventy one. Is the legendary Murray mixed at thirty four
consecutive tests for the All Black seventy nine to eighty five.
He also played thirty eight non test games, including seven

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as Captain Murray mextead many Happy returns seventy one today.
British yachts woman Tracy Edwards. She was the first all
female crew in the Whitbread Around the World of Yacht
race in nineteen eighty nine. Tracy Edwards is sixty two today.
Another ex All Black, Chris Jack. Happy birthday to Chris

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Jack who is forty six today, and also turning forty
six is Chris Hopkins, now leader of the Labor Party,
was the forty first Prime Minister of New Zealand. Happy
birthday to Christopher Chris Hopkins today, and that is it,
our famous people having birthdays today as we go up
with a little bit of losing way right. The third
song the Dead Skunk in the middle of the Road,

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that's our day in history here on gold Sport, on
the Country Sport