February 20, 1965 – Vietnam: Attempted Overthrow – Days Of Intrigue.
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Satire And Solving The World’s Problems – 1965 – Past Daily Reference Room
Even in the 60s, you had to make light of dire situations – or go insane. No secret, being around in the 1960s meant watching, listening and witnessing a lot of bad news. Conflicts, protests, riots, toppling of governments, the draining of human resources and a general feeling of suffocation
January 9, 1980 – The View From Kabul – The Embassy In Tehran
– CBS World News Roundup – January 9, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the hostage situation at the American Embassy in Tehran continuing and the Soviets settling in around Kabul Afghanistan, the 80s were getting off to a shaky start at best. Threats and saber rattling weren’t doing
Events Of 1953 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room: Through A Glass Darkly Edition.
A year of contrasts, 1953 was. Between the Coronation of Princess Elizabeth to the gas chamber execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, to the death of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. It was an interesting year. The news on Stalin was very slow in coming. It made scant mention in the
The Bulldozer Revolution And A Birthday – October 9, 2000
– 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
The China Problem: A Flare-Up Over Formosa – Pres. Eisenhower Addresses the Situation In Formosa Strait – September 11, 1958
September 11, 1958 – President Eisenhower – Address to Nation over situation in Formosa – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 11, 1958 – a day of saber-rattling and military overtures. The long-running dispute over The People’s Republic of China (Communist) versus The Republic of China (Nationalist), and claimed territory
Korean War: Truce Talks? – July 11, 1951
– July 11, 1951 – CBS Radio: Edward R. Murrow News with Don Hollenbeck – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another mixed-signals day, this July 11, 1951. With truce talks going on in Korea, fighting was still going on – with a reported additional 164 American troops killed in action
View From Tehran: Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears The Crown – February 5, 1979
– CBS World News Roundup – February 5, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – And things were heating up in the Middle East, this day 46 years ago. Ayatollah Khomeini appointed Scholar and pro-democracy advocate Mehdi Bazargan as head of the provisional government in Iran. It was an escalation
The View From Tehran – The View From Capitol Hill – First Day Of Congress – January 15, 1979
News for this January 15th in 1979 had much to do with the potentially dangerous situation in Iran. On the one hand, it was the first gathering of the newly installed Parliament, under the aegis of The Shah. But on the other hand, only a third of the Parliament members
Eisenhower: Looking To The Second Term – Ongoing Crackdowns In Hungary – Israel In Gaza – January 14, 1957
– News for January 14, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day was largely relegated to speculation on the new Eisenhower term, since the Inaugural was a little over a week away, this January 14th in 1957. But it was also concerned with developments in the Middle-East