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Today in History - July 22

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Today in history, it's a god double small to the
Here we go the twenty second day of July, a
day in history, and we opened with David Bowie. It
was today nineteen seventy three that he released this single

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Life on Mars, peaked at number three on the charts
around the world. Was actually on an album that he
released in nineteen seventy one. It took a couple of
years to become a single. Life on Mars. Good song
covered by New Zealander Steve Allen sa In golf seven
years ago, this happened. South African golfer Brandon Grace recorded

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the lowest round from men's major championship, shooting a sixty
two in the third round of the British Open Royal
Birkdale in England. That number has been equaled four times
but never beaten. Pretty remarkable. Round two is two weeks
Alrighty to the famous people on our birthday list today,

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and topping the list is American singer and actor Bobby Sherman. Please.
In the late sixties early seventies, he was a teen idol.
He was a big hit him in nineteen sixty nine,
Hey little woman, it's his eighty first birthday today. Happy
birthday also to singer, songwriter and founder of the band

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Super Tramped Richard Davies, who turns eighty today. One of
their big heads Breakfast in America. Danny Glover birthday today.
American actor probably most famous for the Lethal Weapon movie films.
Danny Glover seventy eight today, out of the Eagles, the drummer,

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but also a solo per former. Donald you Henley Don
Henley birthdays today. Seventy seven. Got a whole lot of singles,
including this one New York Minute, The Boys of Summer,
Dirty Laundry, A great voice finish. Former long distance runner

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Lasservin absolute legend seventy five today. Became a politician and
a very funny British actor is actually Welsh Reese Owen
Evans remember him in the movie Nottinghill. Very very funny,
indeed not bad, not at all. Bard Welch was a

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brief so'd say, chicks love gay nice, Oh, very funny.
Happy birthday to Resa and Seuers fifty seven today. Hates
racing today. Scott Dixon. It's his forty fourth birthday today, remarkable.
Happy birthday to him. Colin de Gronholm thirty eight, many
Happy returns of the day to the Zimbabwean born former

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New Zealand cricketer and it's Prince George of Wales George
Alexander Louis. Happy birthday to Prince George. Hard to believe
he's eleven years old today. It's pretty remarkable, isn't it.
There we go, famous people having birthdays today. If it's yours,
many happy returns of the day from Gold Sport and
the Country Sport Breakfast. I just loved him in notting Hill.

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He was just so funny alongside Julia Roberts.