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Glenn Miller and His Orchestra – Live at Cafe Rouge – Hotel Pennsylvania, New York – November 23, 1940 – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Help us hit our goal: Become a Patron! Glenn Miller – probably one of the most popular (and certainly one of the...
We really can use your support: Become a Patron! February 6, 1948 -A lot happening this day – from the State House in Mississippi to the slopes of St. Moritz and points in between. Starting with news of the formation of a breakaway political party from the Democrats in the...
February 5, 1955 – News during this weekly capsule of goings on in the war centered around rumors of French resistance fighters creating a goodly amount of havoc among the German occupation forces in France. The Resistance movement was widespread and gaining; all towards what would eventually be an invasion...
A buck is all we ask: Become a Patron! Polls; forever relied on, increasingly unreliable. Opinion polls have been a vital element in collecting data on what people think and how they think. Opinions are solicited on everything from sodas to magazines, but the most relied upon is the Opinion...
Become a Patron! As the world was slowly absorbing the news that India’s spiritual leader, Mahatma Gandhi was cut down by an assassins bullets, Prime Minister Nehru had the overwhelming task of delivering the news to the Indian people. This was a shortwave broadcast, beamed throughout the world by All-India...
Become a Patron! Further evidence that some events which take place in history are not necessarily considered devastating at the time they occurred. This one, for example – the assassination of India’s spiritual leader Mohandas Gandhi on this day, January 30, 1948, was considered in U.S. media as just another...
January 23, 1942 – Busy day on war fronts. From Batavia, the latest communique from the Netherlands/Indies fighting forces outlined a series of attacks which took place the previous morning on a northern seaport in Sumatra. Sixteen persons were wounded and the attacks were carried out by six Japanese aircraft...
Become a Patron! Seventy-nine years ago today, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered the annual State Of The Union Address which has become known as The Four Freedoms Address. FDR: “In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms....
Become a Patron! With Europe slowly rebuilding from the ravages of War, and the holidays offering a respite from the plague of shortages and loss, this report, part of the weekly series London Letter, narrated by columnist and writer John Connell, gives some picture of life in Europe, and especially...
American Music For Choir – Music Of The New World – August 3, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! During the years of World War 2, one of the essential morale builders was a focus on all things American; American values, American spirit and American Music....
