Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for November 14th Nazi Germany bombs English town of Coventry during World War II; ‘Moby-Dick’ published; Nellie Bly begins globe-trotting trek; Leonard Bernstein makes conducting debut; Composer Aaron Copland born. Breakfast Tune Nellie Bly Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below Establishment Dems in …
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Nov 07 2021
The Breakfast Club (Bananas)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for November 7th Bolshevik Revolution takes place; America’s 2000 presidential vote faces limbo; Nixon loses Calif. governor’s race; Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses; Evangelist Billy Graham and singer Joni Mitchell born. Breakfast Tune Here’s the song. ‘Hard Ain’t It Hard’ Something to think about, Breakfast News & …
Oct 31 2021
The Breakfast Club (Fried Chicken)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for October 31st Martin Luther leads start of Protestant Reformation; President Lyndon B. Johnson halts U.S. bombing of North Vietnam; India’s Prime Minister Indira Gandhi assassinated; Magician Harry Houdini dies. Breakfast Tune Whiskey Shivers – Cluck Ol’ Hen – OFFICIAL Something to think about, Breakfast News …
Oct 24 2021
The Breakfast Club (Now with more salt)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for October 24th Dawn of the UN; Dwight Eisenhower vows to end the Korean War; Suspects caught in D.C.-area sniper shootings; Concorde makes last trans-Atlantic flight; ‘Star Trek’ creator Gene Roddenberry dies. Breakfast Tune Spock’s Dueling Banjos Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below …
Oct 17 2021
The Breakfast Club (Microwave Eggs)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for October 17th Arab oil embargo fuels energy crisis; Americans clinch revolutionary victory at Saratoga; Deadly quake hits northern California; Mobster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion; Playwright Arthur Miller born. Breakfast Tune Money for Nothing – Dire Straits – Banjo Cover Something to think about, …
Oct 10 2021
The Breakfast Club (Beakfast Cookies)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for October 10th Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns; Imperial rule ends in China; Achille Lauro hijackers forced to land; Movie legend Orson Welles dies; Opera composer Giuseppe Verdi born; Actor Christopher Reeve dies. Breakfast Tune Verdi prelude from “Traviata”- Marco Cera and the Wychwood Banjo Orchestra …
Oct 03 2021
The Breakfast Club (Sausage and Peppers)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for October 3rd O.J. Simpson found not guilty of murder at his criminal trial; St. Francis of Assisi dies; Germany reunifies; Baseball’s ‘shot heard ’round the world’; ‘Captain Kangaroo’ and ‘Mickey Mouse Club’ hit TV. Breakfast Tune Shine On You Crazy Diamond- Pink Floyd – Banjo …
Sep 26 2021
The Breakfast Club (Coffee Beans)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for September 26th JFK and Nixon participate in TV’s first presidential debate; Cuba ends Mariel boatlift; Composer George Gershwin, poet T.S. Eliot and tennis star Serena Williams born; ‘West Side Story’ hits Broadway. Breakfast Tune Big Banjo from Broadway Something to think about, Breakfast News & …
Sep 19 2021
The Breakfast Club (Lemons)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for September 19th A pivotal battle in the American Revolution; President James Garfield dies; Bruno Hauptmann arrested in the Lindbergh baby case; Unabomber’s manifesto published; ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ premieres. Breakfast Tune Just Because You Are a Dummy Bill Bailey Roger Sprung, Hal Wylie, & the …
Sep 12 2021
The Breakfast Club (Apple Pie)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for September 12th America faces the aftermath of the Sept. 11th attacks; Nazis rescue Italy’s Mussolini; JFK confronts critics of his religion; Student leader Steven Biko killed in South Africa; Singer Johnny Cash dies. Breakfast Tune Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) Banjo Cover – alice (lots …
Sep 05 2021
The Breakfast Club (Coffee Cake)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for September 5th A massacre at the Munich Olympics; President Gerald Ford escapes the first of two assassination attempts, weeks apart; Jack Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ published; Missionary nun Mother Teresa dies. Breakfast Tune On the Road Again Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs …
Aug 29 2021
The Breakfast Club (Coffee and Beignets)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for August 29th Hurricane Katrina blows ashore in southeast Louisiana. Roger Sprung born in 1925 Breakfast Tune Southwest Winds Roger Sprung, Hal Wylie, & the Progressive Bluegrassers Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below The U.S. Empire’s Achilles Heel: Its Barbaric Racism Aug 18 …