Category 1980’s

Collective Amnesia – Selective Amnesia – June 4, 1987

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – June 4, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day in history with a lot of testimony going around, this June 4th in 1987. The Iran-Contra…

50 Days In History – Tiananmen Square – April-June 1989 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Tiananmen Square – Timeline – May-June 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Twenty-five years ago, all eyes were on Beijing and the unfolding events that, at first seemed wildly optimistic and…

Buying Friends And Influencing Destiny – May 20, 1984

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 20, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection It wouldn’t be the 80s without El Salvador and this May 20th in 1984 was no different. Flush…

Hopeful In Sri Lanka – Less So, If Your Last Name Was Moon – May 14, 1984

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 14, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this May 14th in 1984 was hopeful, as far as the kidnapped Americans in Sri Lanka…

Colleen Dewhurst Has A Word Or Two About Acting And The Theatre – 1974 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Day At Night: Colleen Dewhurst Interview – July 7, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If someone were to ask me who my favorite Broadway Actor was, and who one of…

Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Live At Wembley – 1987 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Live At Wembley Arena – Jan 13, 1987 It doesn’t get too much more 80s than this. When Frankie Goes To Hollywood released their debut single…

April 23, 1989 – Some Crazy Students In China – Explosions On A Battleship

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