June 16, 2024 • 2 mins
Today in History - June 17
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Today in history, It is the seventeenth day of June,
the one hundred and sixty eighth day of the year,
and our day mystery starts with the traveling at Wilbury's.
They were at number one on this day in two
thousand and seven with their album called Collection and Waterline Up.
(00:22):
George Harrison was Nelson Wilbury, Jefflin was Otis Wilbury, Roy Orbison,
Lefty Wilbury, Tom Petty, Charlie T. Wilbury Junior, and Bob
Dylan Lucky Wilbury. They left us with some wonderful, wonderful music,
that's for sure them today. In nineteen seventy two newspapers
in the US, including the Washington Post, recorded a burglary.
(00:45):
Now the story took up nothing more than a couple
of inches of copy, buried in the paper and out
of sight of the day's top stories. The burglary happened
on the sixth floor of a Washington, DC apartment and
office complex called the Watergate Reily. We have a mystery
story out of Washington. Five people have been arrested and
charged with breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee.
(01:08):
It would later drive President and Nixon from the White House.
Here it all began this day in nineteen seventy two.
Right to the famous people having birthdays today, and topping
the list is this man Barry Manilo is eighty one
today actually born Barry Allan Pinkus. You Happy birthday to
(01:31):
Barry Manilow turning eighty one, founding member of the band
Journey and also Santana we're talking here about. Greg Rowley
turned seventy seven today, also birthday, and today is actor
Greg Kinnear sixty one. He was an anchor man too.
(01:54):
Venus Williams. It's Venus's birthday today. Venus Williams turns forty
four and a man regarded as probably one of the
most successful writers of the history of competitive cycling. Eddie
Merks Belgium cyclist Eddie Merks. He is seventy nine today.
New Zealand's actor Once Were Warriors and director Lee Tamahiri.
(02:15):
Once for Warriors was the big movie for him and
Die Another Day. Happy birthday, Lee, You are seventy four today.
Joe Cascoppol, American actor. It's his seventy third birthday today.
Many happies to him. Jody Whittaker, who was doctor who
from twenty seventeen to twenty twenty two. She turns forty
two today. Kendrick clemarras thirty seven and Kennetty James Uppa
(02:39):
kJ up at the New Zealand Actor twenty seven today
and there it is our day in history here on
Gold Sport. This is the Country Sport Breakfast
Today in history, It is the seventeenth day of June,
the one hundred and sixty eighth day of the year,
and our day mystery starts with the traveling at Wilbury's.
They were at number one on this day in two
thousand and seven with their album called Collection and Waterline Up.
(00:22):
George Harrison was Nelson Wilbury, Jefflin was Otis Wilbury, Roy Orbison,
Lefty Wilbury, Tom Petty, Charlie T. Wilbury Junior, and Bob
Dylan Lucky Wilbury. They left us with some wonderful, wonderful music,
that's for sure them today. In nineteen seventy two newspapers
in the US, including the Washington Post, recorded a burglary.
(00:45):
Now the story took up nothing more than a couple
of inches of copy, buried in the paper and out
of sight of the day's top stories. The burglary happened
on the sixth floor of a Washington, DC apartment and
office complex called the Watergate Reily. We have a mystery
story out of Washington. Five people have been arrested and
charged with breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee.
(01:08):
It would later drive President and Nixon from the White House.
Here it all began this day in nineteen seventy two.
Right to the famous people having birthdays today, and topping
the list is this man Barry Manilo is eighty one
today actually born Barry Allan Pinkus. You Happy birthday to
(01:31):
Barry Manilow turning eighty one, founding member of the band
Journey and also Santana we're talking here about. Greg Rowley
turned seventy seven today, also birthday, and today is actor
Greg Kinnear sixty one. He was an anchor man too.
(01:54):
Venus Williams. It's Venus's birthday today. Venus Williams turns forty
four and a man regarded as probably one of the
most successful writers of the history of competitive cycling. Eddie
Merks Belgium cyclist Eddie Merks. He is seventy nine today.
New Zealand's actor Once Were Warriors and director Lee Tamahiri.
(02:15):
Once for Warriors was the big movie for him and
Die Another Day. Happy birthday, Lee, You are seventy four today.
Joe Cascoppol, American actor. It's his seventy third birthday today.
Many happies to him. Jody Whittaker, who was doctor who
from twenty seventeen to twenty twenty two. She turns forty
two today. Kendrick clemarras thirty seven and Kennetty James Uppa
(02:39):
kJ up at the New Zealand Actor twenty seven today
and there it is our day in history here on
Gold Sport. This is the Country Sport Breakfast
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