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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for December 26th A tsunami kills more than 200-thousand people is Southeast Asia; Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey is found beaten to death; Winston Churchill addresses joint session of Congress; Presidents Truman and Ford die. Breakfast Tune Rhiannon Giddens featuring Yo-Yo Ma – “Build A House” …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for December 25th George Washington crosses the Delaware River; Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigns; Ousted Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife are executed; James Brown dies. Breakfast Tune Washington Blues – Clifton Hicks Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below So this breakfast …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for December 20th New Orleans marks completion of Louisiana Purchase; South Carolina is first state to secede from Union; Vermont Supreme Court rules in favor of homosexual couples; ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ premieres in New York. Breakfast Tune Gettysburg Banjo 12 – Buffalo Gals Something to …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for December 13th U.S. forces capture Iraq’s ousted dictator Saddam Hussein; Authorities in communist Poland impose martial law; Union forces suffer defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia; Actor Dick Van Dyke is born. Breakfast Tune Santa Claus Is Coming To Town for Trombone, Bass Sax …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for December 6th Jefferson Davis dies in New Orleans; Four people die at a free Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California; America’s first attempt to put a satellite into orbit fails; Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck is born. Breakfast Tune Greensky Bluegrass – …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for November 29th President Johnson names commission to investigate JFK’s assassination; U.N. passes resolution calling for the British Mandate of Palestine to be partitioned; First flight over the South Pole; Natalie Wood, Cary Grant and George Harrison die. Breakfast Tune Beatles’/George Harrison’s “Here Comes the Sun” …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for November 22nd On this date in 1963, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Gov. John Connally is seriously wounded during a motorcade in Dallas. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes America’s 36th president. Breakfast Tune Steve Martin And The …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for November 15th Sherman begins ‘March to the Sea’ in American Civil War; Zebulon Pike spots namesake mountaintop; Anti-Vietnam War protesters gather in DC; Joey Buttafuoco gets jail time; Actor Sam Waterston is born. Breakfast Tune The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise Doc Watson and …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for November 8th Adolf Hitler makes his first attempt to seize power in Germany; Democrat John F. Kennedy wins the presidency; Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California; Bonnie Raitt is born; Led Zeppelin releases the album ”Led Zeppelin Four.”. Normally I post a Banjo Tune, …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for November 1st The Stamp Act takes effect; The U.S. explodes the first hydrogen bomb; Sistine Chapel paintings first shown to the public; Algerian nationalists begin rebellion against French rule; NFL’s Walter Payton dies. Breakfast Tune “Cripple Creek” performed by Rhiannon Giddens, Banjo l Met Music …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for October 25th Cuban missile crisis fuels Cold War clash at UN; China’s UN seat changes hands; ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ battle takes place; Author Geoffrey Chaucer dies; Golfer Payne Stewart killed in plane crash. Breakfast Tune Bluegrass cover of “Rocket Man” Something to think …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for October 18th Inventor Thomas Edison dies; Three scientists share Nobel prize for DNA work; Anthrax scare hits CBS in New York; Two U.S. athletes suspended for Mexico City Olympics protest; Rock star Chuck Berry born. Breakfast Tune “Cripple Creek” performed by Rhiannon Giddens, Banjo l …

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