CSB - Today in History

Today in History - Nov 6

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

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Again, our day in history being the sixth of November,
fifty five days until the end of the year, opening
with a track from the Easy Beat called Sorry. Had
he been alive today is Scottish born Australian musician George
Young would have been seventy eighteen.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Of course, was from a famous musical family. His younger
brothers Malcolm and Angush Young also part of ac DC.
He would have been seventy eight today, but he died
at the age of seventy and twenty seventeen. And also
had he been around today when Fry guitar vocal founding
member of the Eagles, would have been seventy six. Sadly,
he passed away in twenty sixteen at the age of

(00:54):
sixty seven. Will daylight saving in New Zealand would have
been one of the very first countries in the world
to introduce daylight saving. It was introduced in New Zealand
in nineteen twenty seven with clocks being advanced by one
hour until March the fourth, which was pretty amazing, really

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big day for train travel in New Zealand today. The
North Island Main Trunk Railway line was officially completed in
nineteen o eight when the last spike was driven at
a Monginui o t our near Rotorua, and if you
are on the train going past that spot, it is
still there to this very day right. Oh to the

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famous people having birthdays today and Sally Field, Happy birthday
to the legendary actress the Flying Nun. Initially as a youngster,
but then she was in movies like Missus, Doubtfire and
Forest Cump. Sallyfield is seventy eight today. It's double All
Black Brian mckechney's birthday, the Pride of Gore in Southland.

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Educated at Southland Boys High, twenty six matches for the
All Blacks and played for the Black Caps as well.
He is seventy one today. That famous under un bowlingson
he was involved with another for more All Black thirty
five tests or thirty five matches for the All Blacks.
Mark Donaldson, Happy birthday to him today. It's Maria Shriver's

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birthday today. Once married to Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
and of course she is very famous, the niece of
the late US President John Kennedy. Maria Shreiver sixty nine today. Oh.
Mike Brewer, one of my favorite All Blacks played for
the All Blacks on thirty two occasions. Mike Brewer sixty

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today and actress Emma Stone Happy birthday to Emma Stone,
to birthday today and she turns thirty six out of
it's your birthday Today, were many happy returns of the
day to you, and I should mention too. It was
today that the band Aerosmith made their very first appearance

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in concert. They performed for the very first time at
nip MC Regional High School in Mindon, Massachusetts. Referred to
as the Bad Boys from Boston, they performed this day
in nineteen seventy for the very first time. He's on
a journey. That's our date in history on gold Sport,

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the Country Sport Breakers, Good Morning, thirteen minutes Classic. So
I talked about the spike being driven in on the
main trunk railway line. It's near Radahea, not Rota Rule
Mongonu near Ratah