CSB - Today in History - July 1

Today in History - July 1

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Today in History, Rabbits and a Pinch and a Punch
for the first of the month. Welcome to our day
in history today, being the first of July. It was
more than twenty years ago today, but it was the
first of July. In nineteen sixty seven, the Beatles started
a fifteen week run at number one on the US

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album charts with the album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
the group's tenth US number one album. The album was
recorded over one hundred and twenty nine days beginning in
December of nineteen sixty six, and included some great songs
on a wonderful album. Happy Birthday too, alrighty a few

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other things that happened. If you're Canadian, or say Happy
Canada Day to you today today. In eighteen sixty seven,
Canada became a self governing dominion of Great Britain, called
Dominion Day initially until nineteen eighty two, now known as
Canada Day. It is a national holiday in Canada. Nineteen
hundred and three is the Tour de France gets underway.

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The very first Tour de France began in nineteen oh
three ended on July the nineteenth. The winner Maurice Garin
Well done Maurice back in nineteen hundred and three had
a sad day in the acting world. Actor Marlon Brando
died today in Los Angeles at the age of eighty
in two thousand and four. Happy birthday to a number

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of very famous people today, and topping the list is
Corporal Clinger, played by Jamie Farr out of Mesh. What
an absolute character he is ninety today, up for Clinger,
Isn't it right? Still trying to get out on a
saco Ain't clear? Well, I can tell you look like
I'm more than this. Then I'll just have to keep trying.

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Mary Ah, wonderful, wonderful actor, ninety hard to believe. Gene Marsh,
who was in the TV series Upstairs Downstairs in the seventies.
She played Rose arkitour ninetieth birthday as well today. Happy
birthday to Blondie Deborah Harray. Her real name is Angela Trimble,
lead vocalist to the Van Blondie. She is seventy nine

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today and the voice whispering Jack John Peter Farnham, British
born Australian singer, an absolute legend. This was his solo
single back in nineteen eighty six. He turns seventy five today.
Incredible list of souls and music. Canadian born American actor

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Dan Ackroyd. We say happy birthday to dan Ackroyd seventy two.
Carl Lewis Frederick Carlton Lewis to be exact American track
and field athlete, won nine Olympic gold medals, which is incredible.
It's his sixty third birthday today. Pamela Anderson Pamela Denise Anderson,
c J. Parker in Baywatch. She is fifty seven today.

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Cooper bike rider Foggy Carl foggerty Foggy's fifty nine Live
run Gren Tyler Live Runggren. We know her. She's the
daughter of Stephen Tyler and b Buell. She's a very
close relationship with her adoptive father, Todd Rudgren heavy birthday,
lived forty seven today. And Daniel Ricardo Formula one driver

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Danny rick is thirty five today. Should not be in
a junior Red Bull team, that's for sure. Happy birthday
to him today. Happy birthday to you if it's your
birthday today. Here on Golf Sport and the Country Sport
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