Day: March 20, 2023
Organized Crime: America’s Little Mob Problem In The 1950s – 1951 – Past Daily Reference Room
The Nation’s Nightmare – Waterfront Crime – 1951 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Oh, for the carefree 50’s. Not. Between the paranoia of the Cold War, the turmoil in the Middle East, the myriad social upheavals either about to start or getting underway and the unexplained
Raids Over London – Raids Over Cologne – Nazi Infiltration – Stepped Up War Production – March 20, 1941
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 the previous evening was the Financial District with heavy damage