"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
November 15, 1947 – An approaching Winter and a time of much discontent in the Postwar world. The slow rebuilding of Europe was complicated by mass flooding which wiped out crops and added a severe food shortage to the already…
– The Voices Of World War 1 – 1914-1918 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Originally known as Armistice Day, and in England it’s still known as Remembrance Day, Veteran’s Day (as it’s now known here) came about as the…
– November 8, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 8, 1995 – ending months of speculation over whether he would seek the White House or not, Gen. Colin Powell laid all speculation to…
– Lowell Thomas And The News – Nov. 7, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This is the week for election postmortems, it seems. This day, November 7th, was a day-after in the 1962 Mid-term election cycle. Not as…
– CBS Radio – Where The People Stand w/Elmo Roper – November 6, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For all the complaints and bafflement over just how badly informed the American people are, not only with History, World…
. – CBS Radio: Newsbreak + CBS Radio Hourly News – November 6, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When Iran underwent sweeping changes, starting in late 1978 and culminating in the exile (under the pretense of tests for Cancer)…
– CBS World News Roundup – November 3, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Berlin and Capitol Hill: For all intents and purposes, the start of a historic week, this November 3rd in 1989. Starting with the showdown on…
-NBC – Listen To Washington – November 2,1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the Cold War became a permanent fixture for life in the 1950s, so were the Summit conferences taking place in Geneva. Seemingly, ever few months,…
November 1, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 1,1995. The Dayton peace conference began today. Balkan leaders gathered in Dayton Ohio for a series of Peace Talks, hosted by Secretary of State Warren…
– NBC Nightly News – October 30, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 30th had much to do with transitions of power in a long-running dictatorship. General Francisco Franco, who had authoritarian rule in Spain…