Category Day in history

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Hopeful In Sri Lanka – Less So, If Your Last Name Was Moon – May 14, 1984

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 14, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this May 14th in 1984 was hopeful, as far as the kidnapped Americans in Sri Lanka…

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May 14, 2014

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May 14, 1975 – An Incident Called Mayaguez.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”14445″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”May 14, 1975 – CBS News Special Report – President Ford Address on Mayaguez – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] In what has been termed the Last Official Battle of the Vietnam War, the incident…

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May 14, 2014

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Dancing In The Streets In Jericho – May 13, 1994

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 13, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this May 13th in 1994 started off with a celebration. The Israeli occupation of the…

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May 13, 2014

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A Prime Minister Calls It Quits – Chamberlain Resigns – May 10, 1940 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC – Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain quits as Prime Minister – May 10, 1940 On a day seemingly overwhelmed with news of German invasions in Europe. London was rocked, this May…

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May 10, 2014

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Attempting A Thaw – The Geneva Conference – May 10, 1959

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio Special – The Geneva Conference – May 10, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection East-West tensions. With the latest set of crises over The Ukraine, it feels like the…

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May 10, 2014

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A JFK Press Conference – May 8, 1963 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Kennedy News Conference – May 8, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A typical Press conference during the Kennedy Years, this one from May 8, 1963. JFK opens with a…

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May 9, 2014

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Insidious Inflationary Pressures – May 9, 1997

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 9, 1997 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this My 9th in 1997 was pretty much status quo for the 90s. The Economy and…

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May 9, 2014

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Do As I Say, Not As I Do – The Saga Of Boko Haram And An Interview With Founder Mohammed Yusuf – 2009 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC Africa Service – BBC World Service News – July 23-29, 2009 With the latest horrifying news, regarding the kidnapping of some 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria by the extremist-fundamentalist group Boko…

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May 7, 2014

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Arraignments, Surrenders And The Hail Capitol Of America – May 6, 1995

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 6, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection May 6th 1995 was about killer storms in the Dallas area of Texas, the arraignment of Terry Nichols,…

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May 6, 2014

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A Word Or Two From Upton Sinclair – 1962 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Open Mind – interview with Upton Sinclair – May 2, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If Upton Sinclair were alive today it would be hard to say what his…

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