CSB - Today in History

Today in History - Sep 24

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today in history. Here we go out day in history.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Welcome to the twenty fourth of September, three months exactly
till Christmas Eve. This was the day in nineteen sixty
six at the legendary Jimmy Hendrix arrived in London with
his manager Chas Chandler, on a flight from New York City.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
All he had with him, with the clothes.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
He was wearing, he'd sold his other belongings to pay
a hotel bill in New York. One of the first
things he did when he arrived in London in nineteen
sixty six was to legally change his name from James
to Jimmy j I M I. Nineteen sixty six. The
year yeah today. In nineteen forty eight, the Honda Motor

(00:48):
Company was founded. If you drive a Honda, well, happy
birthday to you today, right famous people having birthdays today?
And a member of the band Sherbert, Remember of that band,
Ossie Band Sherberts. His name's Garth Porter, who was actually
born in Hamilton, grew up on a farm in Hamilton

(01:10):
and joined Sherbert in nineteen seventy.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
He is seventy six.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
Today is a Happy birthday to Gavin Porters. American actor
Kevin Sorbo, starting a string of television shows including Herculees
and Legendary Journeys.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Kevin Sobo. He's sixty six today.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
From the band The Verse comes Peter Salisbury. He's the
rock drummer for Verve, found in nineteen ninety that band.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
Happy birthday to Peter Salisbury is fifty three today.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
And Neil Finn's son, his name is Liam, was on
a musician Sharon and Neil Finn. Liam Mulane Finn. It's
his forty first birthday today. Actually joined his father's band House.

Speaker 3 (02:00):
In twenty twenty.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
But he's a very good entertainer. On his own two birthday, Liam.

Speaker 1 (02:06):
And this was the day in thirty six years ago
that the song was at number one.

Speaker 3 (02:13):
Little song Bobby mcphern's Don't Worry Be Happy. He became
the first a cappella song to hit number one on
the Billboard charts thirty six years ago. Today, happy man,
don't worry be happy in every life we have some trouble.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
That is our day in history. Here on gold Sport,
this is the Country Sport Breakfast