February 27, 1979 – CBS The World Tonight + Walter Cronkite Comments – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 27, 1979 – A day up in the air, as a proposed Middle-East peace summit went. When this day started, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin said no to a proposed Camp
February 26, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 26, 1988 – Characterized as a turbulent 18 hours in Panama, figurehead President Eric Arturo del Valle stunned the country by firing General Manuel Noriega who was his political godfather. The ploy didn’t work, as
– News reports + CBS World News Roundup – February 25, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Twenty-six years ago, on February 25, 2000; after three days of deliberations, a jury of 8 whites and 4 blacks in Upstate New York delivered a verdict in the Amadou Diallo case. Diallo,
Four years of eternity. BBC World Service – Continuing Coverage – Invasion of Ukraine (3 Hours) – February 24, 2022 Echo Of Moscow – Vladimir Putin Address (in progress) – February 21, 2022 – In Russian. Four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s advance has settled into a slow
– CBS – Eyewitness To History w/Walter Cronkite – Report On The Congo – February 24, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As a reminder that independence movements are often bloody, endless and convoluted struggles, you only have to look at the Independence movements that went on in Africa, starting
February 23, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 23, 1987 – A milestone day – at the time immersed in Jewish-Russian dissidents and the ongoing Iran-Contra investigation – but also reflecting on the loss of two Popular Culture giants.
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Click on the link here for Audio Player: American Forum of the Air -July 5, 1955 – Is American Freedom In Danger? Gordon Skene Sound Collection In light of the events the past several years, it would be natural to think this is some new, sinister route our country is
February 19, 1980 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 19, 1980 – A day with fingers crossed if you were an athlete heading to the Olympics in Moscow. The invasion of Afghanistan, coupled with the hostage situation in Tehran was putting the
Shuttle Challenger Disaster – Capitol Hill needed answers – got a lot of finger pointing. A very busy news day for this Wednesday, February 18, 1986. Starting with an onslaught of rain and snow in the West that has killed at least eight people and forced thousands of evacuations piled
