CSB - Today in History - Aug 13

Today in History - Aug 13

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today in history. Welcome to our day in history, being
the thirteenth day of August, It's actually International left Handers
Day today. Did you know that ten percent of the
world's population are left handed? There's a useless piece of

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information for you today. In nineteen twenty one, the All
Blacks first played South Africa. This game happened at Carisbrook.
They won thirteen to five. A sad day here in
New Zealand in two thousand and five, the death of
our Prime Minister David Longing is two thousand and five.
The sound here of Leonard Skinner. They released their debut

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album today in nineteen seventy three, and this is the
song Tuesday's Gone from that album. Also on the album
was simple Man and Freebird. Nineteen seventy three was the
year Right in the pool At the London Olympics. Sixteen
years ago today, American swimmer Michael Phelps wins three gold

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medals and becomes the most decorated Olympian of all time.
He retired with a total of twenty eight Olympic medals
and twenty three gold Li was this guy bing cabbage
and the clo He's coming hard Phelps, He's still a change.
He's a real big change. Can he do it again?
He hits it and he does remarkable stunning. There you go,

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Michael Phelps winning gold in London. Right to the famous
people having birthdays today and the man that had this
as a solo hit in nineteen eighty five, Irish singer
Sean Fiegel Sharky. Happy birthday to Feagal Sharky. He turns
sixty six today. Remember the TV series The Partridge Family. Well,

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my little fella that's played the drums in that TV
series from the seventies, Danny Bonaduce, it's his birthday today
from the Partridge Family, he is six d five. From
the TV series Madman comes John Slattery. He was Roger
Sterling in Madmen. That was a great series from seven
to twenty fifteen. John Slattery's birthday today. He is sixty two.

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And Debbie Maser, who was in the TV series Entourage,
American actress. She turns sixty today. It's Ty Bachman's birthday today.
Tell Mars Charles Robert ty Bakman. This was a big
hit for him in nineteen ninety nine along with his
father Randy Barkman. He's currently a member of Backman Turner Overdrive.

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James Morrison. Morrison English singer Give. This was his debut
hit single in two thousand and six. James Morrison hits
the big five ozer today and I think that wraps
it up a day in history here on Goldsport. This
is the Country Sport Breakfast. Good morning Ma,