CSB - Today in History

Today in History - Oct 10

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Today in history, our day in history being the tenth
day of October, seventy six days until Christmas Day, and
we opened with the sound of led Zeppelin. The funeral
took place today of led Zeppelin's drummer John Bonzo Bonham,

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who was found dead a guitarist Jimmy Page's house after
inhaling his own vomit after excessive vodka consumption forty shots
apparently in four hours. He was just thirty two years old.
The funeral took place today. In nineteen eighty it was today.
In nineteen fifty three, the thousands pack Christchurch Airport to

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Rotch watch a Royal Air Force Canberra bomber touchdown to
win the London to christ Church air Race in twenty
three hours and fifty one minutes. There we are touchdown. Wow,
they don't have air races anymore, do they? Right to
the famous people having birthdays today and topping the list
is one of the founding members of the Neville Brothers band.

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Cyril Neville played the drums in the band. He is
seventy six today. Big happy birthday to one of our
great cricketers. Lance Kenns born tenth of October nineteen forty
nine makes him seventy five years old today. Of course,
the father of Chris kens Kenn's was a swing bowler.
Took ten wickets in New Zealand's first ever win on

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English soil at Headingley in nineteen eighty three. That's not
a bad haul, is it? Ten wickets? Midge, your musician
out of the UK, was a member of the band Ultravox.
Midure is seventy one today and he was lead singer
for the band Van Halen. David Lee Roth also had

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a very successful solo career. Roth turned seventy today. He
is just a jigglo. It's Tanya Tucker country music star's
birthday today. This was a big hit for her in
nineteen seventy two. She was just thirteen years old when
it h at the top of the charts. She is

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sixty six today. Drummer for the band thirty eight Special.
His name is Scott Hoffman. Happy birthday to him today,
Love the band actually and Wonders Really. Scott Hoffman sixty
three today, And how de Spandour Ballet comes. Martin Kemp,

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Happy birthday to him today. Also was in east Enders
played Steve Owen in east Enders. Happy birthday to Martin
Kempoo's sixty three and there we go. That is our
day in history, the tenth day of October. Happy birthday
to you for yours today Thissus Gold Sport at the

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