Category: Day in history
May 1, 1995 – A Settlement Reached, A Search Continued, A Trade Ban Imposed
May 1, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 1, 1995 – A busy news day, this First of May. Beginning with news that a settlement had been reached in the trial of Malcolm X’s granddaughter Qubilah Shabazz, who was accused of a murder-for-hire
April 30, 1992 – Los Angeles: “Roses Are Red, Skies Are Brown – Buildings Are Burning, All Over Town”
April 30, 1992 – News from KNX-AM Newsradio – 7:00 am – 7:50 am – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 30, 1992 -I’m sure there was a lot going on in the world, but on this April 30 in 1992, the only news that seemed to matter was coming
April 24, 1979 Heading Home, If You Can Call It Home – Cambodia. SALT II Meets SS-21.Windfall Profits Vs Oil.
April 24, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection April 24, 1979 – A day with a lot on its plate. Beginning with revelations that the Russians were deploying a new missile in East Germany. The White House expressed concern about that development and
April 23, 1989 – USS Iowa: A Sad Homecoming – A Frightening Near-Miss – A Flexing Of Anti-Drug Muscles
April 23, 1989 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 23, 1989 – A day loaded with mixed emotions. The arrival at port of the Battleship USS Iowa, where an explosion in one of the ship’s gun turrets claimed the lives of some 47 sailors.
April 20, 1994 – Nixon And Gorazde Take Turns For The Worse – The Rod Heard ‘Round The World In Singapore
April 20, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 20, 1994 -Busy day, news-wise. Beginning with word that former President Nixon had suffered a stroke and was not expected to pull out of it. Nixon had been in deteriorating health in recent months. On
April 19, 1979 – Los Angeles: An Hour In The Life Of A City – Local News – Local Concerns – Places That Aren’t Here Anymore
April 19, 1979 – KNX-Newsradio – 9:06 am-10:00 am – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 19, 1979 – It was a busy day – Middle-East Peace proposals and the third day of voting in Rhodesia were the big news items of the day. So was the George Moscone/Harvey Milk
Leonard Bernstein – Zubin Mehta – N.Y. Phil. – Aaron Copland 85th Birthday Concert – 1985 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
New York Philharmonic – Leonard Bernstein – Zubin Mehta, Conductors – Aaron Copland 85th Birthday – Nov. 11, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week – this time it’s The New York Philharmonic with Conductor laureate Leonard Bernstein sharing the podium with Music Director Zubin
April 17, 1995 – Pondering A Flat Tax – A Widening Gap Between Rich And Poor – Washington Puts Pedal To Metal
April 17, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 17, 1995 – even this day, twenty-three years ago, it was all about money. It was Tax Day – the one day of the year that threw most everyone in America into a panic, the