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Past Daily: A Sound Archive of News, History, Music
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Category Iran-Iraq War
March 15, 1985 – Three Days – Three Kidnappings In Beirut
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December 18, 1980 – 411 Days Of To-Ing And Fro-Ing.
December 18, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup + 9:00 am News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 18, 1980. If you, like many Americans, were payiing attention to the American hostage Crisis in Tehran, you would know today…
December 15, 1980 – Turning Oil Into Gold – Turning Central Park Into Strawberry Fields
December 15, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 15, 1980 – A day of war, strife, oil and remembrance. Starting with news of a meeting of OPEC countries, meeting in Bali and the…
September 21, 1987 – The Matter Of Bork – Reagan Heads To The UN With A Surprise
September 21, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September21, 1987 – As President Reagan was heading to the United Nations to deliver his address before the General Assembly, speculation was over a potential tentative…
August 8, 1988 – Hoping For A Ceasefire In Iran-Iraq War
August 8, 1988 – BBC World Service News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 8, 1988 – A day where fingers were crossed at the UN – Secretary General Perez de Cuéllar expressed hopes that a date for a…
July 18, 1988 – Democrats Party Down In Atlanta – Ceasefire Gets Thumbs Up In Iran-Iraq War
July 18, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 18, 1988 – A day starting with optimism. In Tehran, surprise word came from Government officials that they had tentatively accepted a UN agreement for…
October 7, 1980 – Three Weeks Left Til Election Day – Campaign ’80
October 7, 1980 – NPR – All Things Considered – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With some 3 weeks to go before Campaign ’80 drew to a close, the Presidential candidates were out stumping for votes on this day, in…
August 26, 1986 – Tale Of The Exploding Lake
August 26, 1986 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 26, 30 years ago today – A seismic and Volcanic surprise in the African nation of Cameroon – one of the rare volcanos situation under…