CSB - Today in History - June 21

Today in History - June 21

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today in history and bunny Land.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
It's the twenty first day of June and our day
in history, a significant day in New Zealand music history.
It was today sixty years ago the Beatles arrived in
New Zealand for their only New Zealand tourim and chaotic
scenes at Wellington Airport and the inner city hotel, the
Saint George sixty years ago. You want to thank everybody

(00:38):
who's come along today so tonally not so shining.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
So I don't know what we can say really, you know,
I just wait to see the Mary Dasas and yes,
thank you.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
I'm belding all of us what I can't see. Absolutely
amazing chaotic scenes in Wellington. They performed in Wellington, Auckland
and Neden and christ Church, playing two shows a day and.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
At each show they were barely on stage for half
an hour.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
On their left New Zealand on June twenty eighth. Ah, yes,
amazing scenes right to the famous people birthday and today.
And topping the list is Array Davies of the Kinks.
Seek him here, they seek him there his clothes, lead
singer and rhythm guitarist for the band, along with his

(01:33):
brother Dave Davies. Happy birthday to Ray Davies, who turns
eighty today.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
Wow.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
Also a couple of famous actors who performed in the
same show together. Both turned seventy seven today. Meredith Baxter
and she's turned seventy seven today, and alongside her was
Michael Gross. They were the kittens in the TV series
Family Ties nineteen eighty two to nineteen eighty nine.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
Happy seventh birthday to them. Today.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
It's Joey Kramer's birthday, rock band drummer for Aerosmith. Also
birthday and today is John Paul Young, Australian singer. Remember
this head of his Lovers in the Air were worldwide
heat in nineteen seventy eight. Happy birthday to today is

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seventy four and it's Nils Lofgren's birthday today. He's a
member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and he's been
a member of that band since nineteen eighty four.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
So a member of Crazy horse Foot and Neil Young
great great guitarist. Happy birthday to Nils Lofgren.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Also on the birthday list today to be famous sportspeople
Jeremy Vernon Coney. Jeremy Coney, former a New Zealand cricket captain,
played fifty two Test matches and eighty eight ODIs for
New Zealand. Haaby Birthday Jeremy today. Irene Van Dyke, legendary
neck baller South African board but played here in New
Zealand for a long time. Fifty two today. Craig Lowns,

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Happy fiftieth birthday to the legendary supercar champion. Craig Lowns
fifty today. And from the band the Killers comes Brandon Flowers.
Just to know it's Brandon's forty third birthday today. And
here's a royal HIGHUS Prince William, William Arthur, Philip Louis Windsor.

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Everybody's behind him in the line to become the King
of well, the world, the Commonwealth, England. He's forty two today,
and there we go. Just some of the people birthday
and today are day in history. They're on gold Sport.
It's the country Sport Breakfast.

Speaker 1 (03:50):
I should say happy birthday too.

Speaker 2 (03:51):
Eighteen in twenty eight today Scottish Scheffler ranked number one
since twenty twenty two, got himself had a little bit
of strife recently.

Speaker 1 (03:58):
Scotti Scheffler turns twenty eight today. The golfer,