CSB - Today in History - Aug 15

Today in History - Aug 15

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today in history, and George is ready our day in history.
And I'm taking you back to nineteen sixty five to
start this segment. In an event later seen as the
marking of the birth of stadium rock, the Beatles played

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to nearly sixty thousand fans at Chase Stadium in New
York City. Never before had a group utilized a large
arena venue for a concert. Today in nineteen sixty five,
and talking about large events, today was day one of
the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival. It opened on Max

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Yazka's farm in upstate New York. Today. One of the
most beautiful men in the whole world. Let's welcome mister
Ritchie haven Errichie haven was one of the first on
stage Groovy Vy ninighteen sixty nine. Wow, four hundred and
fifty thousand people gathered for the weekend. It's really beautiful.

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There were two berths at Woodstock together and three dn. No.
It might be a tiny bit uncomfortable, you think, but soaken, sleeping,
there we go. Richie Allen's opening Woodstock Music and Arts Fest.
Famous people having birthdays today and the legendary Jim Ware
birthday is turning seventy eight today. One of America's most

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successful and honored songwriters, is the only artist to ever
achieve receiving Grammy Awards for Music, Lyrics, and Orchestration. Wrote
so many great hits, The Lakes of Glenn Campbell, the
Fifth Dimension, just to name a few. This is one
of the time I get to Phoenix. Out of the
Doobie Brothers comes Tom Johnson, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter

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for the band. Tommy is seventy six today. It's a
Royal Highness, Princess Royal's birthday today. Yes, she was born
Anne Elizabeth Alis Louise seventy four years ago. She became
a respected equestrian, actually winning a gold medal in nineteen
seventy one and two silver medals at the European of

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Ending Championships, and the first member of the Royal family
to actually compete at the Olympic Games. She was over
there this year. She's seventy four today. Ozzy singer songwriter
Bernard Fanning's birthday. This is one of his solo hits.
He's fifty five today, and actor Ben Afflick. Happy birthday

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to the legendary actor Ben Affleck. He is fifty two
today and Hey, if you're having a birthday today, many
happy returns of the day to you. I just want
to wish you well. This is gold Sport, it's the
Country sport. Breakfast, good morning,