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Today in History - June 18

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

Speaker 2 (00:13):
It's our day in history, being the eighteenth day of June,
the one hundred and sixty ninth day of the year,
and opening with a little bit of Bruce Springsteen and
the E Street Band. Very sad day for Bruce and
the band today. Thirteen years ago they lost their saxophone player,
Clarence the Big Man Clemens. He died of a heart
attack at the age of sixty nine after suffering a stroke.

(00:34):
He was replaced in the band now by his nephew,
Jake Clements, great saxophone player.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
You've come back.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Just a year ago, while exploring the wreck of the Titanic,
the submersible vessel titan operated by tourism and expedition company
ocean Gate, implodes in the Atlantic Ocean, killing all five
occupants on board. In sporting history, let's go back to
nineteen eighty five today, and a very famous try was

(01:03):
scored at Eden Park Batch up again New Zealand, maintaining
possession right to love him. He's got the bounce, Pith
handed off his officer.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
I love him ah.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
Yes, Jonah Lome is scoring at that try in the
Rugby World Cup, running over Mike Katt in New Zealand's
victory forty five twenty nine over England. Right to the
famous people having birthdays today. Had he been alive today,
one of my motor racing heroes, Denny Holm. Happy birthday
to the absolute legend that he is, Denny Holm. He
would have been eighty seven today. Topic the listen though,

(01:41):
is Sir Paul McCartney. James Paul McCartney to be exact
eighty seven today and just announced another tour of the
UK with his band. Happy birthday to the legendary Paul
McCartney eighty two today. Remember singer Sandy Poet. She had
a number of hits, including this one single. It's the

(02:05):
single Girl Born a Woman was another one of her hits.
She's still around she turns eighty. Happy birthday to Barbara Broccoli,
British American film and stage producer known for her work
on the James Bond movies. Barbara Brockley sixty four. Today
it's Alison Moye's birthday. Old Devil called love O. Happy birthday,

(02:29):
Allison sixty three. Today. Country music singer Blake Sheldon Wood
sing Somebody. Happy Birthday to Blake Sheldon nickname an American
country music He is forty eight today from a rugby
league footballer, the legendary Billy Slater. Many happies to him.
He's forty one and English cricketer Mine Ali and he

(02:53):
happy returns to him as well. He turns thirty seven today. Money,
there we go. That's our day in history here on Goldsport.
This is the country sport Breakfast you
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