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Today in History - Oct 31

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today in history.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Welcome to our day in history, being the very last
day of October, the thirty first day of October. We're
opening with a classic from Queens. It was today, in
nineteen seventy five that Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody was released to

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the world. It featured that passage clearly inspired by opera,
Oh Wonderful Song, one of the greatest of all time.
There was tragedy in India this day in nineteen eighty four,
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated at her residence.

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And this is how the news was broken to the world.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
As you may have heard by now, Indira Gandhi, the
Prime Minister of India, has been shot and very aggreeably wounded.
Missus Gundhi was apparently shot at her home in New
Delhi by two members of her own security guard. Reports
are that she was shot eight to ten times, with
four bullets striking her in the lower abdomen.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
There we go, the lower abdomen. That was the news
this day in nineteen eighty four. Right, famous people having
birthdays today and talk about news. Bulletin's legendary news anchor
out of the US Dan rather still around today. He
is ninety three. Any happy returns of the day to
Dan Rather. It's Tom Paxton's birthday today. He's well a

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focusing an American focusing a famous for a number of songs,
including this one Loved Better Mean Time singer songwriter Tom Paxton.
He is eighty seven today. The lady that played Marlena
Evans in the daytime soap drama Days of Our Lives,
Didri Hall. Happy birthday to Dedri seventy seven today. Sir

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Pete at Jackson's birthday. Many happy returns of the day
to Sir Pete Jackson born and book a Rua Bay
out of Wellington. He is sixty three today. And the
drummer for you two Larry Mullen Junior. Happy birthday to
Larry Mullen Jr. Who turned sixty three today. Drmot mulroney,

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he's a voice actor. My Best Friend's Wedding is one
of his movies. Sixty one today and it is Ron
Schneider's birthday. Funny Man Juice Begelo male Jiggilow is also
the father of country music singer Elie King. Happy birthday
to Rob Schneider. He is sixty one and there we go.

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This is some of the people birthday and this last
day of October thirty first of October, our day in
history here on Goldsport. This is the country Sport Breakfast Sunday,