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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 30th Clean-up ends at New York’s Ground Zero, months after the Sept. 11th attacks; France’s Joan of Arc burned at the stake; Baseball’s Cal Ripken, Jr. begins his games streak; Bandleader Benny Goodman born. Breakfast Tune Red Skies at Night – The Fixx – …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 23rd Top Nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide; Israel captures fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann; Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde killed; Industrialist John D. Rockefeller dies; Golf legend Sam Snead dies. Breakfast Tune Theme from Bonnie and Clyde Something to think about, Breakfast News & …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 16th President Andrew Johnson survives a key vote at his Senate trial after his impeachment; First Oscars are presented; Actor Henry Fonda born; Singer Sammy Davis, Jr. and Muppets creator Jim Henson die. Breakfast Tune To-Morrow Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 9th The FDA approves the first birth control pill; FCC chief Newton Minow condemns TV programming; Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett fly over the North Pole; Journalist Mike Wallace and singer Billy Joel born. Breakfast Tune Rhiannon Giddens – “I Shall Not Be Moved” …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 2nd Nazi Germany’s capital Berlin falls in World War II; Artist Leonardo da Vinci dies; Civil War Gen. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson killed; Nelson Mandela claims victory in South Africa vote; Singer Bing Crosby born. Breakfast Tune Bing Crosby – Banjo´s back in Town Something to …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for April 25th Radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi born; ‘America’ first used on a world map; U.S. and Soviet troops meet in World War II; The Hubble Space Telescope deployed into orbit; Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald born. Breakfast Tune Lullaby of Birdland (Ella Fitzgerald), with Tapdance, banjo, …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for April 18th The San Francisco earthquake; What becomes known as ‘Paul Revere’s ride’; A suicide bomb hits the U.S. embassy in Lebanon; Physicist Albert Einstein dies; Wayne Gretzky plays his last NHL game. Breakfast Tune Einstein the Genius – Faux Renwah Something to think about, …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for April 11th President Harry Truman relieves Gen. Douglas Mcarthur of his command in Asia; Napoleon Bonaparte banished to Island of Elba; American soldiers liberate first Nazi concentration camp; Idi Amin deposed as Uganda’s President; Apollo 13 blasts off. Breakfast Tune “Hard Times” and “Camptown Hornpipe” …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for April 4th Martin Luther King Jr. is assasinated; President William Henry Harrison dies; Hank Aaron hits 714th career home run; Maya Angelou is born. Breakfast Tune Spoon Lady & Ben Shirley – Rabbit in a Pea Patch – Nashville Something to think about, Breakfast News …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for March 28th An accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant; Former President Dwight Eisenhower dies; The Spanish Civil War ends; Maria von Trapp of ‘Sound of Music’ fame dies; Singer Reba McEntire born. Breakfast Tune Malaquena Something to think about, Breakfast News & …

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