CSB - Today in History - July 9

Today in History - July 9

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Today in history, how many roads master man walk down
before you call him a man?

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On our day in history? Today here on Goldsport, we
open with the sound of Bob Dylan. It was the
ninth of July nineteen sixty two. He recorded this classic
Blowing in the Wind at Columbia Recording Studios in New
York City during an afternoon session. Became one of the
great songs eighteen sixty two. There was tragedy in nineteen

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forty four in Hartford, Connecticut, when the world's largest circus
tent caught fire at Ringland, Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus
the second performance of the show. One hundred and sixty
eight people died in that tragedy. Today in nineteen forty four,
jump forward to nineteen seventy two and the first tour

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of Paul McCartney and Wings started today in France in
nineteen seventy two. Nineteen eighty nine Wimbledon, and it was
the first time ninth of July that Wimbledon had both
men and women's finals on the same day. Boris Becker
beat Stephan ed Burgh and Steffi Graff beat Martina Navratilova. Today,

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in nineteen eighty nine and I'm in a very good
club twenty five years ago. Today, Elton John checked into
London's Wellington Hospital to have a pacemaker installed due to
an irregular heartbeat. Well twenty five years ago and it's
kept him going right to the famous people birthday today
and topping the list is American actor Chris Cooper born

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identity A Time to Kill, absolute legend. He is seventy
three today. Remember the TV series Ala Law Well, the
actor that played Victor saventis the attorney in that series.
Jimmy Smith's is sixty nine. Today. It's the legendary Tom
Hanks's birthday. He turns sixty eight. And Mark Armond, English

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singer had a big hit with Gene Pitney quite a
few years ago. It's nineteen eighty nine. To be exact,
Something's gotten hold of my heart. Mark Armond is sixty seven. Today.
It's Kelly mcgillis's birthday today. Now you'll remember her if
you're a fan of the movie Top Gun. She was

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in that movie. Happy Birthday, Kelly. She is sixty seven
and turning sixty five today. From Simple Minds as Jimmy
kerre frontman for Simple Minds. Happy birthday to him today.
He is sixty five. Courtney Love turns the Big six
oh today, and Jack White also has a birthday today.

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American singer Buddy August. Happy birthday to Jack White forty
nine today. And when are we born and bred? Earl
Bamber winner of the Lemon twenty four hour race, Yankie
what twice? I'm pretty sure? Happy birthday at Elbama now
runs his own Pusch Racing team. He's thirty four today.

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And if you are having a birthday today, hey, Happy
birthday to you this ninth day of July