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Today in History - December 3

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

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Third of December and a day in history twenty two
days until Christmas Day. And it was a tragic day
at a WHO concert in Cincinnati on this day in
nineteen seventy nine, eleven members of the audience were trampled
to death after a stampede to claim unreserved seats. Another
twenty six fans were injured in the first night.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Everybody just went crazy.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
There was a girl in front of me, She've gone
down and people were stamping on top of her and everything,
and I was trying to help her out and they
were just hitting everybody and just trying to kill again.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Into the concert.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Yeah, there we go. It happened on this day, nineteen
seventy nine. Look a great day for the All Blacks
on this day. Keith Murdoch, who scored in New Zealand's
Only Try and the All Blacks nineteen sixteen, when over
Wales at Carter Farms Park on this day in nineteen
seventy two, was involved in a scuffle at the Angel
Hotel in Wales and ended up being sent home there

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this day in nineteen seventy two. Right the famous people
having birthdays today and topping the list is the legendary
British singer songwriter Ralph McTell. Have you seen the Old
Man Bez? Known for the song Streets of London that
was a huge hit for him in nineteen sixty nine,
has actually been covered by over two hundred artists around

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the world. Ralph McTell The Streets of London. He is
eighty today. It's the Prince of Darkness's birthday today. Ozzie
Osborne's John Michael Osborne is real name, founding member of
Black Sabbath that formed the band in nineteen sixty eight.
Ozzie's still alive. He's seventy six today. Part of the

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band Jefferson Starship and that is Mickey Thomas. He was
Starship since nineteen eighty five. Mickey Thomas. This is seventy
fifth birthday today. Legendary retired American race driver Rick Mears.
He's one of only four men to win the Indianapolis
five hundred and four four times. Yeah, nineteen seventy nine,

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eighty four, eighty eight, ninety one. Rick Meres. He is
seventy three today. Prolific English songwriter Mike Stock of the
production trio Stock, Aiken and Waterman. He turns he turned
seventy three today. Don Barnes from the band thirty eight
special This is a big hit for them, loved the song.

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Happy Birthday to Don Barnes, who is seventy two today.
The gorgeous Daryl Hanna, American actress, Many Happy's sixty four
and former All Black half back played fifty seven tests
for the Abs. Byron Terrence Keller Byroners forty eight today.
And there we go our day in history here on

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gold Sport, on the Country Sport Breakfast, good morning, coming
on to a quarter past secon Is, Tuesday morning, third
day of December