Category: Day in history

He Who Blinks First . . . . – December 12, 1979

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News + Newsbreak – December 12, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the U.S. Embassy hostage crisis in Iran heading into its 6th week, no end was in sight and the road was getting

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The Morning After – December 9, 1980

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Hourly News – December 9, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection For those who hadn’t hear it, the news of the shooting death of John Lennon the night before reverberated all over the world, this December 9th in 1980. Stunned

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A Child’s Introduction To Mayhem – November 22, 1963

Click on the link here for Audio Player – KNX-Am Los Angeles, aircheck – 10:30 am-11:30 am PDT – November 22, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection No doubt the floodgates have opened the past week,with reminiscences, recollections and personal feelings regarding the Assassination of President Kennedy. It has, for

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As Murky As The Waters Of Nantucket – November 5, 1999

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – November 5, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection An interesting and prophetic day, this November 5th in 1999. Starting with the hopeful news on Unemployment. The October unemployment figures showed 4.1%, it’s lowest in 30 years, delighting

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