October 23, 1985 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 23, 1985 – The day started off the good news. The Chrysler Auto Strike that lasted for two weeks and came to an end after 42 non-stop hours of negotiations, finally came to an end
– CBS World News Roundup – October 22, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day full of changes and crackdowns, this October 22nd in 1979. Starting off the news of the abrupt resignation and departure of Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan over issues dealing with the West Bank, illegal
Dean Acheson – Address on NATO – March 18, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dean Acheson, Secretary of State in 1949 during the Truman administration, he promoted the idea of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an organization which constituted a system of collective defense, whereby its member states
CBS World News Roundup – October 21, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News of sweeping gestures, this October 21st in 1994. Beginning with news of a five year prison sentence handed down to Rosario Ames, wife of convicted CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, for her role in assisting
Senator John F. Kennedy – Campaign Address at Wittenburg University, Springfield Ohio – October 17, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Senator John F. Kennedy – 65 years ago today. On the campaign trail for the Presidency, Senator John F. Kennedy speaking before a capacity audience at Wittenberg University
Since most historic references to Cuba and October refer to the events of October 1962, or The Cuban Missile Crisis of 63 years ago, listening to an address made by UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson to the Inter-American Press Association on October 16, 1961, gives some idea of how the events
In 1974, the United States’ foreign policy toward the Soviet Union was guided by the policy of détente—a deliberate effort to ease Cold War tensions through diplomacy, negotiation, and limited cooperation. Initiated under President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, détente sought to stabilize the volatile superpower
Cuban Missile Crisis re-cap Oct. 22, 1962 Today marks the 63rd anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban Missile crisis. Undoubtedly one of the scarier periods in history because the threat of all-out nuclear war loomed very close over everyone’s heads, and the possibility of going up in Atomic smoke
– Mutual Broadcasting System – 11 o’clock News with Carl Caruso – October 10, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The frigid parts of the Cold War were becoming more apparent on this 10th of October in 1948. Reports of Supreme Court Justice Fred Vinson being recalled, practically mid-air en
– BBC World Service – World Briefing – October 9, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the overthrow and resignation of Slobodan Milosevic a few days earlier and the installation of Vojislav Kostunica as the legitimate President, members of the EU were meeting on this day to discuss
