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Truman Talks About Civil Defense – May 7, 1951
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The Netherlands And Invasion Of The Low Countries – May 9-10, 1940
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Past Daily’s Wondros Podcast – In The Manner Of Shameless Self-promotion.
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Crack Cloud In Session – 2023 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Crack Cloud – in session for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music on August 17, 2022. Together a relatively short period of time, and just getting started when COVID hit and with the subsequent Lockdown, Crack Cloud have managed to release two albums; one in 2020 and the other in
Gas Rationing: A Day Both Odd And Personalized – May 9, 1979
If you owned a car this May 9th in 1979, you were no doubt preoccupied with what number your license plate ended in. Because gas rationing was being enforced and was strictly limited to odd numbered or Personalized license plates on this day. And of course it was topic A
Withered Hand – In Session – 2023 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Withered Hand – in session for Marc Riley – BBC 6 Music – April 20, 2023 – BBC 6 Music – Withered Hand to start the new week. Recorded in session for staunch fan Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music on April 20th of this year. Withered Hand is the
Does Modern Art Make Sense? – 1951 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
– America’s Town Meeting – Does Modern Art Make Sense? – April 1, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Does Modern Art Make Sense? A question that makes the rounds every decade or so. Art, like everything else creative, is always moving forward, pushing boundaries, making statements. Because it
VE Day + 1: A Year After Toasts And Hugs; Suspicion – May 8, 1946
And a year to the day after the “official” VE Day end to the War in Europe, the creeping Cold War was making its presence known on this May 8th in 1946. As Europe continued to dig itself out of the wreckage of five years of war, new ominous clouds
Alan Shepard: First American In Space Holds A Press Conference – May 8, 1961
– CBS Radio Special Report: Alan Shepard Press Conference – May 8, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On May 5, 1961 America sent its first Astronaut into space. Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7, the first of the series of six Project Mercury flights into space, eventually leading to