"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Sunoco Three-Star Extra with Lowell Thomas – July 3, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1947 had a lot to do with looking skyward. Reports from all over the country indicated sightings of brightly colored…
– CBS News – June 8, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1978 was an interesting one if you lived in California. The Jarvis-Gann Initiative, or Prop 13 was passed by a landslide vote in the…
London Column – August 1, 1945 – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Here we are – first day of August. In 1945, August marked the end of World War 2. In 1965, it also marked one…
News for this March 10th in 1948 had much to do with a flood of reports from Prague saying that non-Communist Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk had been found dead from an apparent suicide hours earlier. But even while reports were…
June 20, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 20,1988. After four months of relative democracy under civilian rule, Haiti was once again the object of a military coup and takeover. Troops loyal to…
– President Nixon Addresses Congress – Sept. 9, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Days after delivering the bombshell announcement of adopting a new economic policy, and doing away with the Bretton Woods system of fixing foreign currency on…