Category: History

Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for August 8th President Richard Nixon says he’ll resign; Thieves stage Britain’s ‘Great Train Robbery’; Nazi saboteurs in the U.S. executed during World War II; Mexico’s Emiliano Zapata and actor Dustin Hoffman born. Breakfast Tune Never Learn – Devil Makes Three Banjo Cover Something to think …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for August 1st A shooting rampage takes place at the University of Texas clock tower; Germany declares war on Russia in World War I; Adolf Hitler opens the Berlin Olympics; Author Herman Melville born; MTV debuts. Breakfast Tune Dave Hum – Sailor’s Hornpipe Something to think …

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The Breakfast Club (Multitasking) Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for July 25th Andrea Doria begins to sink after a collision in the North Atlantic; An Air France Concorde crashes outside Paris; First ‘test-tube’ baby born; Golfer Ben Hogan dies; ‘A Chorus Line’ opens on Broadway. Breakfast Tune Faith Nolan @ Occupy …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for July 18th The Spanish Civil War begins; Sen. Ted Kennedy’s passenger dies when he drives his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island; South Africa’s Nelson Mandela and musician Ricky Skaggs born. Breakfast Tune Philadelphia Lawyer – Kyle Tuttle Something to think about, Breakfast News …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for July 11th America normalizes diplomatic ties with Vietnam; Aaron Burr mortally wounds Alexander Hamilton in a duel; Skylab makes a fiery return to Earth; Babe Ruth’s major league debut; Laurence Olivier dies. Breakfast Tune Porch Song – Widespread Panic – Banjo Cover Something to think …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for July 4th America’s Declaration of Independence; Former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die on same day; Israel’s raid at Entebbe; West Point opens; Lou Gehrig’s farewell to baseball; Neil Simon born. Breakfast Tune Pete Seeger – This Land is Your Land Something to think …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for June 27th U.S. air and naval forces ordered into the Korean War; John Dean testifies about the Nixon White House’s ‘enemies list’; Stonewall riots spark the modern gay rights movement; Actor Jack Lemmon dies. Breakfast Tune Dom Flemons Performs at Sway-At-Home Fest III Something to …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for June 20th Lizzie Borden found innocent of a grisly double murder; Britain’s Queen Victoria begins rule; Race-related rioting hits Detroit; Muhammad Ali convicted in Vietnam War-era draft case; ‘Jaws’ premieres Breakfast Tune Pete Seeger & Fred Hellerman – Draft Dodger Rag (Live at the Phil …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for June 13th The Pentagon Papers hits newsstands amid the Vietnam War; Thurgood Marshall nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court; The ‘Miranda’ warning; Pioneer 10 leaves solar system; Swing legend Benny Goodman dies. Breakfast Tune Nassam Alayna El-Hawa – Fairuz – Banjo Cover Something to think …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for June 6th The D-Day invasion of World War II; Israel invades Lebanon to drive out Yasser Arafat; Remains of fugitive Nazi doctor Josef Mengele exhumed in Brazil; First drive-in theater opens in Camden, N.J. Breakfast Tune Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore …

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