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Today in History - Nov 12

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
It's our day in history, being the twelfth day of November,
fourty three days until Christmas Day. Man, we're opening up
with a little bit of the Hendrix Jimmy Hendrix experience. Today.
On the twelfth of November two thousand and Mitch Mitchell,
who was the British drummer with the Jimmy Hendrix Experience,

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was found dead in his US hotel room at the
age of sixty one. He played with Hendrix and also
was in the Rolling Stones All Star Band with back
in John lenn and Eric Clapton Keith Richards. But a
story Mitch Mitchell passing away this day. What a few
historic things happened in this country on this day in

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eighteen sixty two. Happy birthday to the Southland Times. It
was first printed today as a weekly in eighteen sixty two,
came a daily in eighteen seventy five. Is it's still
around today the Southland Times and staying in the South Island.
The road from hast to Otago was formerly opened today

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in nineteen sixty Wow roto the celebrity list of birthday
people today. We start at the top of the tree
with this guy. It was it'sy Bitsy teeny weeny yell.
The American singer Brian Highlanders eighty one today. This was
a massive hit for him in nineteen sixty. It's y
bitsy teeny weeny Yellowboka dot Bikini. Happy eighty first birthday

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to him today, turning seventy nine. Today is Neil Young Look.
Happy birthday to the legendary Neil Young, who is seventy
nine today. It's Beyond Vouldegarde's birthday today, Swedish retired Swedish
rally driver, winner of the World Rally Championship for Drivers

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in nineteen seventy nine. Miny Happies to him seventy one today.
And the leader of the band Booker T and the
MG's Remember this One Time is tight great track. Happy
birthday to Booker T. Jones. It's his eightieth birthday today.

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Great soft Tanya Harding, Olympian best known for on ice
skater figure skater that is best known for her involvement
in the attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan in nineteen ninety four.
Tonya Harding is fifty for today. They made a movie
about her, didn't they. Also birthday today is Anne Hathaway,

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American actress. Happy birthday to Anne Hathaway, who is forty
two today. Ryan Gosling turns forty four from La La Land,
Happy birthday to him. And there it is famous people
and things that happened on this day, forty nine days
till the end of the year, a day in history.
You're on Gold Sport and the Country Sport Breakfast. Oh yeah,

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time is tight.