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Today in History - Sep 25

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today in history. It is the twenty fifth day of
September and our day in history, and it was today
in nineteen sixty nine that John Lennon, along with Eric Clapton,
Ringo Star class Woman and Yoko Ono, entered the studio
and recorded this track Cold Turkey. He actually offered it

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to Paul McCartney as a potential single for the Beatles.
Paul turned it down, so it was released as the
Plastic Ono Band single in nineteen sixty nine. Cold Turkey
very sad day for led Zeppelin fans today in nineteen
eighty when their drummer John Bonham died at the age

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of thirty two after a heavy drinking session. He was
found dead at guitarist Jimmy Page's house. He was famous
for live sets of the drum solo Moby Dick and
this is part of it, where often play for half
an hour, regularly using his bare hands. In two thousand
and seven, Ludwig issued a limited edition drum kit in

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Bonham's memory, The legendary Drummer John Bonham nineteen eighty he
passed away. Alrighty famous people birthday and today remember the
TV series The Good Life. Well Felicity Kendall, who played
Barbara Good in that series. She is seventy eight today.
Many happy returns of the day to her. America's first supermodel,

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Sheryl Tigs Wow, she hits the big seventy seven today. Oh,
it's Michael Douglas's birthday today, American actor. He's eighty and
there's also another birthday in his household. His wife, Catherine
Zeta Jones, is fifty five today. They've been married since
two thousand. It's a happy birthday to her. Hot Zea

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from the TV series Happy Days, played by Anson Williams.
It's his birthday. He is seventy five. And another famous
drummer from the van Ambrosia, Burleie Drummond is his name.
It's the name for drummer, really, isn't it. Bowley member
of the band Ambrosia. It's Burly seventy third birthday today.

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The former actress from Melrose Place. She played Amanda Woodward
in melrose Place, Heather Lockyer. Heather is sixty three today.
It's Will Smith's birthday today, American actor. He's fifty six
and out of the band Truebliss. Remember Truebliss. Well, it
is Joe Cotton's birthday Joanna Monique Joe Cotton and she

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turns forty six today. Did they were teen sensations back
in when the late eighties, early nineties Ruble, that's why
taking my daughter to a concert and told her I go.
She loved them.