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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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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for September 5th A massacre at the Munich Olympics; President Gerald Ford escapes the first of two assassination attempts, weeks apart; Jack Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ published; Missionary nun Mother Teresa dies. Breakfast Tune On the Road Again Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for August 29th Hurricane Katrina blows ashore in southeast Louisiana. Roger Sprung born in 1925 Breakfast Tune Southwest Winds Roger Sprung, Hal Wylie, & the Progressive Bluegrassers Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below The U.S. Empire’s Achilles Heel: Its Barbaric Racism Aug 18 …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for August 22nd The last Jewish settlers leave the Gaza Strip; President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law; Black Panthers’ co-founder Huey Newton killed; Sci-fi author Ray Bradbury and singer Tori Amos born. Breakfast Tune Devil’s Dream Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for August 15th Allies mark VJ-Day as World War II effectively ends; Woodstock begins; France’s Napoleon Bonaparte born; India gains independence; Blast hits Omagh, N. Ireland; ‘The Wizard of Oz’ premieres in Hollywood. Breakfast Tune Hendrix on Banjo | Banjo Bonanza Episode 13 July 14, 2020 …

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