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Celebrity Birthdays & What Happened in History June 2

Birthday today for June 2nd?! Happy Birthday!! You may find it cool to know that you’re sharing your birthday with:

He’s Garth in “Wayne’s World” – Dana Carvey is 71 today!!

Justin Long is 48.  The voice of Alvin in the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” movies. He’s also Mac in Apple’s old “Mac vs. PC” campaign.

Wentworth Miller is 54“Prison Break”. 

What happened on this day in History:

Take us back 91 years ago, the year, 1935, when Babe Ruth retired from baseball.  He finished with 714 home runs over his 22 season career. 

In 1953, 73 years ago the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second was held at Westminster Abbey and it was the first one to be televised. 

Going back, 39 years. the year, 1987, where the Seattle Mariners picked Ken Griffey Jr. as their number one pick in the Major League Baseball draft.

Back in 2004, 22 years ago we saw the first episode of “Jeopardy!” that featured Ken Jennings.  He won $37,201 that night, and then continued to win 73 more shows in a row and made more than $2.5 Million total. 

At the movies, “Wonder Woman” hit theatres on this in 2017 starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine!

  • Jody Tedford, Maritimer at heart, born in Sydney, Cape Breton, grew up in Earltown and went to school in Tatamagouche.  Jody's radio career has taken him across Canada & back again for the past 20 years. Jody has met a lot of cool people, introduced several famous artists & bands like the Beach Boys, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts & Gord Bamford, Jimmy Rankin & Rita MacNeil & George Canyon and volunteered his time with organizations like the Salvation Army, Canadian Red Cross, BC Wildlife Park & Big Brothers & Big Sisters. Jody is a Dad, Grandfather, & hubby, who loves his family, friends & music. You may catch him around a campfire playing guitar & singing songs.

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