Tag Bashar al-Assad

Palestine

The UN Mandate On Palestine: Trading An Upset Stomach For A Splitting Headache – Sept. 14, 1947 – Past Daily Reference Room

-Story Behind The Headlines – Palestine And The UN – Sept. 14, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – “Had we known then what we know now . . . . .” – I’m sure that mantra has been said…

Kent State - May 4, 1970

May 4, 1970 – Kent State – The Day America Killed Its Young

NBC Nightly News – May 4, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Many have said the events outside the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago started the shift in national opinion of the War in Vietnam. The events at Kent State…

Crackdown in Poland - Dec. 22,1981

December 22, 1981 – Continuing Crackdown In Poland – Florida’s Cold Wave

A crackdown in Poland highlighted the news on this December 22nd in 1981. The Solidarity Movement, which was gaining momentum was abruptly halted when General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law and cited a threatened intervention by Soviet forces to seize…

Warsaw - December 1981

December 18, 1981 – Revenge Of The Warsaw Pressure Cooker – The Saga Of Solidarity.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18594″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 18, 1981 – News on the Hour – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] The saga of Solidarity and the mass strikes in Poland continued and escalated, this December 18, 1981. Despite…