Today in History - Sep 3
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Episode Transcript
Today in history. Welcome to the third day of September,
our day in history, opening with the sound of the
American band Steely Dan. Very sad day for the band today,
third September and twenty seventeen, co founder and guitarist with
the band, Walter Becker died at the age of sixty seven.
(00:25):
Actually funny story about Steely Dan the name of the band.
They were named after a sex toy in the book
Naked Lunch by William Burrows. There you go we today.
In nineteen fifty eight, the first open heart surgery in
New Zealand was performed by pioneering heart surgeon Brian Barrett
Boys using a heart lung bypass machine at green Lane
(00:48):
Hospital in Auckland, performed on an eleven year old girl
with a hole in her heart. One hundred and twenty
nine years ago. It was eighteen ninety five the very
first professional football game was played in the USA La
Troue in Pennsylvania. Beat Jeannette Athletic Club, twelve Mills and
(01:10):
Thruse teams are still around today. Alrighty, the famous people
on the birthday list today, and we start with co
founder of the Beach Boys, Al Jardine lead vocals on
this song help Me Ronda Alan Charles Jardine. He turns
eighty two today. Many happy returns of the day to him.
(01:33):
It's Don Brewer's birthday today. He is the original founding
member and drummer for the band Grand Funk Railroads. Now
they're an American band. Don brew Up, it's his seventy
sixth birthday today. Charlie Sheen, he turns fifty nine. Real
name carlos Erwin Estevez, one of the Esta Beez Brothers.
(01:56):
He's fifty nine today and the former manager of four
England manager of the national team for twenty sixteen to
twenty twenty four. Garrett Southgates, he is fifty four today.
In that tops our list, it's a shortened Sweetnesst of
people having birthdays today. It's our day in history here
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