Just a typical day in 1997: Richard Branson, tycoon of the Virgin Group empire, arrived to begin his long -delayed attempt to break the record for a round-the-world balloon trip. He and co-pilots Per Lindstrand and Rory McCarthy hope to set out today or Wednesday in the Virgin Global Challenger
January 7, 1979 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 7, 1979 – after some two weeks, large numbers of rebel troops, aided by Vietnamese tanks, seized control of Cambodia, and captured the capitol city of Phnom Penh and overthrow premier Pol Pot. The Hanoi
Simple Minds – In Concert – Hammersmith Odeon, May 15, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Simple Minds in concert this morning. Probably one of the most successful bands during the 80s, certainly brought about by being an almost permanent fixture on MTV during the halcyon days of that
