CSB - Today in history

BK gives a rundown on all that happened on this day, September 2, in history

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

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Welcome to our day in history, being the second of September.
The sound of the rolling stones kicks us off. They
recorded this version of Willie dixon song Little Red Rooster
today in London in nineteen sixty four. I am the
little Red Rooster for him. Please give a how to
leg this is a truth. We'll just go back to
nineteen forty five in Japan signed an unconditional surrender on

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this day, bringing an end to six years of World
War II, after, of course, the bombing of Hiroshima to
stay nineteen forty five, the signing of the surrender nineteen
sixty a golden day for Kiwi runners in Rome at
the Olympic Games, Peter Snell won gold in the eight
hundred meters, and Murray Helberg followed up thirty minutes later

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to win the five thousand meters.

Speaker 3 (00:49):
Now then they're on the rail around the curve and
Nols on the inside. He may have difficulty getting through here.
He s prepped right on the inside there and round
a Belgium and anew coming through the fell and second
place her Noll. You're fine either take full eleventh fete
you weapon.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
This was going to run hard around this curve and
then we broke lanes immediately round and there was a
case of settling an settled in on second last place.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
Ah.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
Yes, he did very very well. Indeed, this day in
nineteen sixty famous people birthday and today and topping the
list as the legendary key We born motor race driver
now lives in Australia. Jim Richards turned seventy seven today.
Hall of Famer, New Zealand Hall of Fame and also
recorded seven victories at Bathurst. Happy birthday to a real gentleman,

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Jim Richards seventy seven today. The guy that plays the
lead role in n cis Leeroy. Jethrow Gibbs is the
role he plays Thomas Mark Harmon actor Mark Harmon. He
is seventy three Today. Out of the band Electric Light
Orchestra comes the man that plays the violin. His name

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is Michael Kaminski. It's his birthday today, he turns seventy three.
Many happy returns of the day to him. Legendary tennis
player Jimmy Connors still still holds three prominent Open era
men's singles records. It's his birthday today. Jimmy Connors turns
seventy two and out of the band Toto Great Band,

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one of the founding members. His name is Steve fer Carrol.
It's Steve sixty seventh birthday today. Many happy returns of
the day to him. The new British Prime Minister Akas
Skier Rodney is stamming to be exact. Happy birthday to
him today. It's his sixty second birthday today. And Lenox

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Lewis three time world heavyweight boxing champ Lenux Claudius Lewis
is fifty nine today. There we go. That's our day
in history here on Goldsport. This is the country sport breakfast,
good morning. And there was one other significant sporting event
that happened on this day and it was at the

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Olympic Games in Munich in nineteen seventy two.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
Fifteen minutes to go to the finish line on New Zealand.
I've got it. New Zealand must win the gold. East
Germany will be second. Possibly United States on the far side,
may put the east. Chairman's New Zealand coming up. New
Zealand coming up, and New Zealand have won the gold
medal and the eights on the far side United States
and second.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
Yeah, absolutely fantastic New Zealand eight winning at Munich in
nineteen seventy two, and at that victory ceremony we heard
here in New Zealand because it was live television coverage
of that event, we heard God Defend New Zealand play
for the very first time. And it didn't actually become
the official New Zealand anthem until five years later, but

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they played it there in Munich. Amazing stuff. It got
me into rowing that that event. It was just incredible