The Breakfast Club (Lite) Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for July 24th A key ruling during the Watergate scandal; Nixon and Khrushchev hold a ‘kitchen debate’ during the Cold War; Brigham Young and Mormon followers arrive in present-day Utah; Apollo 11’s crew returns home. Breakfast Tune Robbie Fulks – Everybody Knows …
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Jul 17 2022
The Breakfast Club (Vacation)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for July 17th TWA Flight 800 explodes; Russia’s royal family is executed; Disneyland opens; Nicaragua’s Somoza goes into exile; Apollo and Soyuz link up in Space; Baseball’s Ty Cobb and Jazz great John Coltrane die. Breakfast Tune John Coltrane’s Giant Steps bass and banjo Something to …
Jun 26 2022
The Breakfast Club (Boiled)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for June 26th President John F. Kennedy rallies West Berlin during the Cold War; The U.N. Charter signed; Scientists complete first rough map of the human genetic code; Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Gold Rush’ premieres. Breakfast Tune The Dream Show 2022: Rhiannon Giddens—At the Purchaser’s Option (with …
Jun 19 2022
The Breakfast Club (not enough hours)
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 …
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 05 2022
Cinco de Mayo: They Won The Battle But Lost The War
This article was adapted from the original that was published on May 5, 2011. It is a brief history of the origins of the Cinco de Mayo holiday which is not Mexico’s Independence Day. On this day in 1862, the Mexican Army defeated the French forces at the Battle of Puebla Certain that French victory …
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 …
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