Category Day in history

Violence

A Week Of Violence: Shootout On East 54th Street – Explosions In Dublin – Hostages In Ma’aLot – Week Of May 19, 1974

– CBS Radio – The World This Week – Week ending May 19, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A rather violent week, the one ending May 19th, 1974. Capturing the majority of attention (at least in the U.S.)…

Squabbles, Budgets And Blame Games – May 16, 1983

– CBS Radio – 9:00 Hourly News w/Richard C. Hottelet – May 16, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day for squabbles and finger pointing, this 16th of May in 1983. Wall Street was reacting to Capitol Hill…

Farmingdale - May 16, 1938

Dark Over Farmingdale – America’s First Air Raid Drill – May 16, 1938

  – Farmingdale Long Island – Eyewitness reports of First Air Raid Drill in U.S. – May 16, 1938 – WOR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With ominous war clouds gathering over Europe, the question of preparedness in America…

Nixon and Cambodia

Cambodia, Kent State, Nixon: Storm Over The White House – May 12, 1970

    – NET – Newsfront – May 12, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the U.S. excursion into Cambodia, and the repercussions from that move still fresh in the minds of Americans on this May 12th in 1970,…

Gas Rationing: A Day Both Odd And Personalized – May 9, 1979

If you owned a car this May 9th in 1979, you were no doubt preoccupied with what number your license plate ended in. Because gas rationing was being enforced and was strictly limited to odd numbered or Personalized license plates…

VE Day + 1: A Year After Toasts And Hugs; Suspicion – May 8, 1946

And a year to the day after the “official” VE Day end to the War in Europe, the creeping Cold War was making its presence known on this May 8th in 1946. As Europe continued to dig itself out of…

Alan Shepard: First American In Space Holds A Press Conference – May 8, 1961

– CBS Radio Special Report: Alan Shepard Press Conference – May 8, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On May 5, 1961 America sent its first Astronaut into space. Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7, the first of the series…

Jimmy Carter Stumps In L.A. – “Are You Odd Or Are You Even?” – The Gas-Pump Blues – May 5, 1979

– CBS World News Roundup – May 5, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this May 5th in 1979 had a lot to do with Jimmy Carter‘s whirlwind visit to Southern California. Since it was Cinco de…

Kent State

Three Nights At Kent State, And Four Dead Later – May 4, 1970

– NBC Nightly News – May 4, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Days earlier, on May 1st 1970, President Nixon was asked about the wave of Campus protests to the American excursion into Cambodia. Referring to the students…