President Franklin Roosevelt – Address to the White House Correspondents Dinner – Feb. 12, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 12 was Abraham Lincoln’s birthday – this address given by FDR on the occasion of Lincoln’s Birthday was also an assessment of the recently concluded Casablanca Conference. Here
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the complete address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt from this day in 1941.
President Roosevelt – Andrew Jackson Day Dinner Address – January 8,1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Roosevelt addressing a packed audience at the annual Jackson Day Dinner, on January 8, 1940: President Roosevelt: “The relative importance of politics and Government is something not always easy to see when
Thomas E. Dewey – Campaign address – September 25, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Thomas E. Dewey – probably not a name that rings a lot of bells these days, but in 1944 and 1948 he was the Republican Candidate for President, running first against Franklin Roosevelt and
September 28, 1944 – NBC News of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 28, 1944 – Despite upbeat assessments and advances along some fronts, the expected crossing of the Siegfried Line into Germany hadn’t been accomplished yet. There was still plenty of resistance and it prompted Prime
President Clinton Address To Congress- Health Care – Sept. 22, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 22, 1993 – Lest you think the issue of getting adequate, affordable, comprehensive Health Care in America has been a recent issue in our Socio-Political culture, I hate to be the bearer
President Roosevelt – Addresses The Boy Scouts Of America – 27th Annual Jamboree – February 8, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A reminder of past Presidents and The Boy Scouts of America – this one, FDR broadcasts an invitation to the 27th annual Scout Jamboree in 1937: FDR:
Whistler – in session for John Peel – July 9, 2000 – BBC Radio 1 – Whistler, and band together for a short time, but who released two albums and drew acclaims from the press. The three piece consisted of former EMF member Ian Dench, vocalist Kerry Shaw and former
Huey Long – Veterans Of Foreign Wars Bonus Bill – May 11, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Huey Long. For those of you who draw blanks, Huey Long was the 40th Governor of Louisiana, A U.S. Senator, elected in 1932 and was assassinated in 1935. He was generally
News for December 7, 1941 – Plus First bulletin and reports – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 7, 1941 – this day 75 years ago. The further away we get from those pivotal moments in our history, the more they fade from our collective memory
