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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for November 28th Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean; British prime minister Margaret Thatcher resigns; Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is beaten to death; The Grand Ole Opry makes its radio debut; Comedian Jon Stewart born. Breakfast Tune You Should Be Dancing – Bee Gees – Banjo …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for November 21st Thomas Edison says he’s invented the phonograph; Gap revealed on Nixon White House tape; Final victim dies in America’s anthrax scare; Jonathan Pollard arrested; ‘Anything Goes’ opens on Broadway. Breakfast Tune Big Banjo From Broadway by Roger Sprung Something to think about, Breakfast …

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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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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 & …

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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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 & …

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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 …

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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 …

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