Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for June 19th Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed; Father’s Day first celebrated in the U.S.; The event behind ‘Juneteenth’; Author Salman Rushdie born; NBA draft pick Len Bias dies; Entertainer Paula Adbul born. Breakfast Tune Thick as a Brick – Jethro Tull – Banjo Cover Something …
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Jun 05 2022
The Breakfast Club (Pound Cake)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for June 5th Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated in Los Angeles; The Six-Day War erupts in the Mideast; Birth of the Marshall Plan; First reported AIDS cases in the U.S.; Former President Ronald Reagan dies. Breakfast Tune Whip It – Devo – Banjo Cover Something …
May 29 2022
The Breakfast Club (Cheddar Bread)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 29th Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first to scale Mt. Everest’s peak; President John F. Kennedy born; Patrick Henry gives his “If this be treason” speech; Comedian Bob Hope born. Breakfast Tune “Climbing Mt Everest” banjo guitar piccolo drums 0 Something to …
May 22 2022
The Breakfast Club (Frozen Fruit)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 22nd Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign the ‘Pact of Steel’; Richard Nixon is the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union; Actor Laurence Olivier born; Johnny Carson hosts his last ‘Tonight Show.’ Breakfast Tune Hillside Home Something to think about, Breakfast News …
May 15 2022
The Breakfast Club (No News = Good News)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 15th Alabama Gov. George Wallace shot on presidential campaign trail; Newly-founded Israel attacked by Arab neighbors; The U.S. Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil.; Country singer June Carter Cash dies. Breakfast Tune Man of Constant Sorrow Banjo Cover Something to think about, Breakfast News …
May 01 2022
The Breakfast Club (Scrambled)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 1st President George W. Bush announces major combat has ended in Iraq; U2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union; Empire State Building dedicated. Breakfast Tune Cluck Old Hen Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below A truck loaded with thousands of …
Apr 24 2022
The Breakfast Club (Break)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for April 24th An aborted mission to free American hostages in Iran ends in disaster; Ireland’s ‘Easter Rising’ begins; Armenians face mass deportation during World War I; Singer Barbra Streisand born. Breakfast Tune Banjo Break: Whiskey Before Breakfast/Big Rock Candy Mountain Something to think about, Breakfast …
Apr 17 2022
The Breakfast Club (Rabbit Season)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for April 17th Cuban exiles invade Bay of Pigs; Three astronauts of Apollo 13 land safely in pacific ocean; Benjamin Franklin dies at age 84; JP Morgan born in Connecticut; Ford rolls out the Mustang convertible. Breakfast Tune Big eyed rabbit banjo Something to think about, …
Apr 10 2022
The Breakfast Club (Peanuts)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for April 10th Peace talks conclude in Northern Ireland with Good Friday agreement; the Titanic sets sail; F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ published; Comedian Sam Kinison killed. Breakfast Tune Take Me Out To The Ball Game – claw hammer style John Curtis: …A claw hammer …
Apr 03 2022
The Breakfast Club (Box Cake Cookies)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for April 3rd Martin Luther King Jr. gives speech before assasination; Bruno Richard Hauptmann electrocuted for kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh’s son; President Harry Truman signs Marshall plan; Jesse James shot to death; Pony Express begins service Breakfast Tune Roger Sprung, The Town I Loved …
Mar 20 2022
The Breakfast Club (One lump or two?)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for March 20th American and British forces invade Iraq; U.S. soldiers charged in Abu Ghraib scandal; France’s Napoleon regains power; ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’; Sarin attack hits Tokyo subway; John Lennon marries Yoko Ono. Breakfast Tune I’ve Always Been Crazy – Waylon Jennings – Banjo Cover Something …
Mar 06 2022
The Breakfast Club (Doin’ My Time)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for March 6th The Alamo falls; The Dred Scott decision brings America closer to Civil War; Renaissance artist Michelangelo born; Walter Cronkite leaves ‘The CBS Evening News’; Ed McMahon and Rob Reiner born. Breakfast Tune Doin’ My Time – Flatt & Scruggs Something to think about, …