The JFK Assassination -The Day Things Changed – November 22, 1963
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Category: Day in history
Dayton: At Long Last, A Start – November 21, 1995
NPR – Morning Edition + new reports – November 21, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this November 21st in 1995 was hopeful. In what had been described as the worst conflict in Europe since World War 2, a settlement had been reached in Dayton, Ohio where
Pakistan: Body Counts – My Lai: Questions – November 19, 1970
– NBC Nightly News (Audio version) – November 19, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In Pakistan – In Vietnam – A horrific day in history, by most accounts. November 19th 1970 brought with it reports of some 150,000 dead, over a million refugees and untold numbers left homeless,
NAFTA, Mogadishu And Bosnia – November 18, 1993
– CBS World News Roundup – November 18, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 18th 1993 had a lot to do with the vote in Congress to pass the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA bill. Considered dead-in-the-water only a month earlier, with some Presidential arm twisting,
President Roosevelt Lays The Cornerstone At The Jefferson Memorial – November 15, 1939
– President Franklin Roosevelt – Laying the Cornerstone for the Jefferson Memorial – Nov. 15,1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 15, 1939 – On this day, President Roosevelt took part in the ceremonies laying the cornerstone for the Jefferson Memorial. A project which had been in planning stages
New York Goes Dark – Draft Cards Get Burned – Last Boat Leaves Cuba – Week Of Wonders : November 14, 1965
– ABC Radio: Voices In The Headlines – week ending November 14, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A harbinger of things to come? Maybe. But at the time, the week ending this November 14th in 1965 was no small feat no matter how you looked at it. Starting
Detroit On Strike: Pickets, Promises And The Nuisance Tax – November 12, 1964
– The Morning Report fro WXYZ-Detroit – November 12, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A lot of local news, via WXYZ in Detroit, in this November 12th in 1964. Beginning with news of the ongoing newspaper Strike at The Detroit News, the layoffs at Ford and a threatened
Election ’80: Pulling Strings – Influencing Destiny – November 7, 1980
– CBS Radio – The World Tonight – November 7, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this post-election day in November of 1980, the aftermath of the Reagan landslide was still being scrutinized. The transition from the Carter White House to The Reagan White House was getting ready
East Germany: The Great Leap West – November 6, 1989
– CBS World News Roundup – November 6, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The flood of East Germans pouring into West Berlin continued without stop on this day 35 years ago. The East German government was quickly amending travel laws, allowing anyone from East Germany to visit the
Day In The Life Of A Phony War – November 5, 1939
– Arthur Mann Reporting from London – November 5, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – During that period of time, between September of 1939 and May of 1940, known as The Phony War. Preparations were being made in anticipation of another long series of trench battles – just as