– August 21, 1951 – Don Hollenbeck and the News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 21, 1951 – A day tensions ratcheted up between Britain and Iran over oil and the stalemate in negotiations over supervision and profits for the British in running the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. From
– CBS News Netalert bulletin – Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia – August 20, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Further evidence that August is a month for upheavals. On the 20th of August in 1968, during the early morning hours, residents in Prague and outlying areas were awakened to
Become a Patron! While the much-fabled Woodstock Festival was getting underway for its first day, the world was spinning wildly away as usual on this August 15th in 1969. From Northern Ireland, Catholic and Protestant rioting was raging on. British troops were being reinforced and rioting was spreading rapidly. It
– Edward P. Morgan – Herbert Kaplow Commentaries – August 6-7, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As speculation reached fever-pitch on this August 7th, 1974, over whether or not Richard Nixon would resign or go through the impeachment process, commentators and news analysts went into overdrive dissecting, mulling, observing
– ABC Information Network News – August 5, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this August 5th in 1990 was unsettling, taken with a grain of salt accompanied by shrugged shoulders. While the situation in Kuwait was achieving uncertainty, U.S. Marines were wading ashore in Liberia in
– Edward R. Murrow And The News With Don Hollenbeck – August 2, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No shortage of world or domestic hotspots, this August 2nd in 1951. Starting with news of intense squabbling between branches of the military escalating to the point a Congressional investigation
– CBS World News Roundup – July 31, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day wildly fluctuating between optimism, pessimism and huddled masses, this last day of July in 1979. Starting off with a sense of relief. Kidnap victim Caroline Thompson was reunited with her parents after being
– News for July 29, 1979 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though July 29th came on a Sunday in 1979, there was still enough going on to not call it a slow news day. For one thing, the prison riot/hostage/stand-off situation at Walpole was continuing,
– July 26, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 26, 1979 – One of those days that, when looked back on, seem downright wistful. On this day it was about soaring prices and an economy turing sour because of it. The soaring prices,
Not an earth shattering day in history, this July 25, 1978, but a painfully familiar one in the 70’s. The Cold War continues: Worsening diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. The State Department announced it was putting a hold on all high level visits to Moscow for the time being.
