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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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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for March 21st Dr. Martlin Luther King, Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; the Sharkville massacre in South Africa occurs; Wrongly incarcerated Randall Dale Adams is released from prison; Musician Johann Bach born. Breakfast Tune Jens Kruger plays Bach Cello Suite No. 1 on …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for March 14th Albert Einstein born; Eli Whitney receives patent for cotton gin; First US Astronaut in space on Russian rocket; Michael Caine and Quincy Jones born. Breakfast Tune East Bound and Down – Jerry Reed – Banjo Cover Something to think about, Breakfast News & …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for March 7th Civil rights marchers attacked in Selma, Alabama; Nazi Germany’s dictator Adolf Hitler sends troops into the demilitarized Rhineland; Movie director Stanley Kubrick dies. Breakfast Tune Roger Sprung singing Hillside Home by Shoregrass Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below The $15 …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for February 28th Scientists discover DNA’s double-helix structure; The Branch Davidian standoff begins in Waco, Texas; Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is killed; U2 releases its ‘War’ album. Breakfast Tune Mofo (U2 Cover, Banjo) Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below On the Minimum …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for February 21st Malcolm X assassinated; President Richard Nixon visits China; Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart makes a tearful confession; Steve Fossett is the first to fly across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. Breakfast Tune Rambling, Gambling Willie Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for February 14th The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre; Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini calls on Muslims to kill author Salman Rushdie; Slobodan Milosevic begins his defense against war crimes charges; Dolly the cloned sheep dies. Breakfast Tune In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel – Banjo Cover Something to …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for February 7th The Beatles arrive in America; Ramzi Yousef arrested for the 1993 blast at New York’s World Trade Center; Jordan’s King Hussein dies; Author Charles Dickens and Country music star Garth Brooks are born. Breakfast Tune Shine On You Crazy Diamond- Pink Floyd – …

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Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for January 31st U.S. launches first satellite into orbit; Libyan intelligence officer convicted of Pan Am 103 bombing; U.S. soldier executed for desertion during World War II; Norman Mailer is born; Franz Schubert is born. Breakfast Tune Roger Sprung & Drew Smith – My Grandfather’s Clock …

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