March 17, 1975 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 17, 1975 – A day that began with starkly bad news from South Vietnam. For the first time since the conflict began, South Vietnamese forces withdrew, abandoning three provinces to the North Vietnamese, who were said
– Wartime Draft Lottery – March 17, 1942 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The First Draft Lottery to take place in wartime took place on this day in 1942. Into a giant fishbowl went many thousands of numbers, all corresponding to dates of birth for men
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The Zemlinsky String Quartet – in concert – Jagdsaal Schwetzingen – March 8, 2011 – SWRS-Radio/RNE Clasica – Over to Schwetzingen by way of Madrid this weekend for a concert featuring the Zemlinsky String Quartet given on March 8, 2011 and originally broadcast by SWRS Radio and relayed over to
March 16, 1942 – News From Radio Tokyo – English Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As propaganda goes, every side paints a picture much different than the other side paints. In this case, Radio Tokyo portrayed the natives in newly captured Rangoon, Batavia and Manila as happy, relieved
Red Hour – in session for John Peel – recorded November 17, 1991 – broadcast; January 4, 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – If last night’s entry of Glass Torpedoes was baffling in its virtual obscuring, tonight’s entry of Red Hour in session for John Peel, recorded in November of
March 15, 1942 – News In English from Radio Tokyo – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 15, 1942 – As the Japanese sweep across Southeast Asia continued, Radio Tokyo was making maximum use of the propaganda those victories in Rangoon, Java and The Dutch East Indies brought. Reporting the
March 15, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 15, 1979 – a busy and hopeful news day with Egypt and Israel and the much anticipated peace settlement at the center. Moving closer to a final agreement, Egypt’s Anwar Sadat at an informal news
Glass Torpedoes – in session for John Peel – January 9, 1980 BBC Radio 1 – Glass Torpedoes in session tonight. Recorded January 9 and broadcast on the 24th by John Peel for BBC Radio 1 and i their only session done for Peel. Another band whose comparative lack of
– Albert Einstein – Speaking at the Opening of the Museum Of Science and Industry, New York – April 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Albert Einstein – born on this day in 1879, turning 137 today. One of the greatest scientific minds of the 20th century, Einstein’s work
