I read the news today.

Dakota Apartments, New York, scene of Lennon's death

David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons

 Tuesday, December 9, 1980 - Don Harron started Morningside with the words "I read the news today, oh boy."

John Lennon had just been shot dead the evening before.