"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The opening day of the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, this April 25th in 1945. Within days of the death of FDR and within days before the eventual collapse of Nazi Germany, the United Nations was formed out of…
– FDR Funeral (recap) – April 14, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 78 years ago, the country was in mourning as it paid its last respects to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had died two days…
News for this day in 1941 (the 565th day of the War in Europe) had to do with the devastating overnight raids in London, reported to be the worst in a year, since the Blitz in 1940. The target for…
– February 17, 1941 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 17, 1941 – it was a Monday that year. And issues of Labor and Lend-Lease to Britain were the topics of news this day.…
Eighty-two years ago today, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered the annual State Of The Union Address which has become known as The Four Freedoms Address. FDR: “In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a…
On this day in 1944 it was the third anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the event that got the U.S. involved in World War 2. So on December 7, 1944 war was raging on all fronts, along with…
– News of The World for November 13, 1942 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this day in November of 1942, things were looking up for the Allies. Since the invasion of North Africa on…
Election Results – ABC News – November 4, 1964 – 1:30-2:45 am – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 4, 1964 Election night, 1964. As Americans went to the polls on November 3rd, the returns slowly came in. By early…
– MBS – Martin Dies Address – October 27, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In the years following World War 1, there had been the threat of a takeover or violent revolution in America from one extremist group…
With Europe at War and America becoming increasingly involved, Labor Day in 1941 (which came on September 1st that year) found the U.S. geared for war production – the labor force turned to building a military arsenal, the factories and…