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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for August 14th Truman announces Japan’s surrender in World War II; Blackout hits Northeast U.S., Canada; FDR signs Social Security; British troops arrive in N. Ireland; A strike in Cold War Poland; Steve Martin born. Breakfast Tune Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers – “So …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for July 31st Ranger 7 beams lunar pictures; France’s Marquis de Lafayette makes his name in the American Revolution; Thomas Eagleton withdraws as George McGovern’s running mate; Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is born. Breakfast Tune A Long Time Traveling / Clawhammer 1880’s Dobson Something to …

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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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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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