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Today in History - July 2

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today in History. Welcome to our day in history here
on gold Sport on the Country Sport Breakfast. Being the
second day of July. Last night at midnight was the
midpoint of two thy and twelve, opening with a little
bit of Elton John Live at Live eight. Nineteen years ago,

(00:25):
ten live concerts were staged simultaneously worldwide to benefit impoverished
African nations and featured performances by John There, Neil Young,
Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder. I was actually at the one
in Hyde Park in London, although I don't remember a
lot about it, it was pretty amazing some of the

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other things that happened on this day in history. And
nineteen thirty seven, aviator Amelia Eha and who navigator Fred
Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make
the first round the World flight at the equator. They
were never ever found. Nineteen sixty six, French military made
their first nuclear tests in the Pacific by exploding a

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test bomb. In two thousand and five, as I mentioned,
it was the Live eight concert right the famous people
birthday and today and topping my list is the King
American stock car legend Richard Lee Petty competed nineteen fifty
eight to nineteen ninety two in NASCAR and the Winston
Cup Series. Still around, still very active. He's eighty seven today.

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It's the creator of Seinfeld's birthday Today. Larry David Funny Guy,
Absolutely Love Him and Kirby Your Enthusiasm. Larry David turned
seventy seven. From Bruce Springsteen's band, The E Street Band,
comes the man that plays the piano. They call him
the Professor Roy, the Professor Bitten keyboardist with the E

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Street Band. He is seventy five today, Great Keyboardist. It's
Jerry hall sixty eight birthday. Mini Happy returns of the
day to her one time partner of Mick Jagger. It's
married to Rubert Murdoch as well. Happy birthday to her.
And it's Michelle Branch's birthday today. She won a Grammy

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Award for the song back in two thousand, Michelle Branch
The Game of Love, Teaming up with Teaming up with
Carlos Santana, Great singer. Happy Birthday, Michelle. She is forty
one day. Lindsay Lowe and the Actress Men Girls and
Parent Trap thirty eight and Margo Robbie born in Delby

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in Australia. Barbie, she's thirty four today and there we
go our day in history here on Gold Sport. This
is the country Sport Breakfast, good morning,
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