Category: Haiti
February 8, 1986 – Deposing A Dictator – Rigging An Election
February 8, 1986 – News via National Public Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 8, 1986 – A day of anger and upheaval on opposite ends of the globe. First with news that Haitian Dictator Jean-Claude (Baby Doc) Duvalier had been deposed by a coup and sent packing.
January 13, 2010 – A Catastrophe Visits Haiti
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The La’s – In Session At 3FM – 1992 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition
– The La’s – In Session at 3FM, The Netherlands – April 17, 1992 – VPRO – Taking a quick detour to the 90s tonight, with a band having a solid fanbase in the Europe and the UK, but not much dent in the musical life of the U.S. during
Airlift To Rwanda – July 23, 1994
– CBS World News Roundup – July 23, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day on the edge of grim discoveries, this July 23rd in 1994. A day earlier, President Clinton authorized a massive airlift of food, water and medical aid to the 1 million-plus refugees of the
Promises Made – Promises Unmade – May 25, 1992
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 25, 1992 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. On this Memorial Day in 1992, an abrupt change-of-policy tried to put a stop to the flood of Boat People escaping Haiti. The Island
Funeral In Haiti – March 30, 1995
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 30, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another busy news day, this March 30th, 20 years ago. With word from Capitol Hill of the defeat of a Term Limits amendment, the
Wyclef Jean – Live At Baloise Session 2014 – Nights At The Roundtable: Rock Without Borders Edition
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Wyclef Jean – live at Baloise Session – Nov. 17, 2014 Breaking it up a bit tonight with something completely different; a concert by former Fugees founder Wyclef Jean recorded in concert at Baloise Session, near Basel
A Personal Appeal To Help Us Preserve History
Click on the link here for our DONATION PAGE – Indiegogo/Past Daily/Gordon Skene Sound Collection Fundraiser As you probably all know by now, we’ve been having a Fundraiser. In connection with Fractured Atlas and Indiegogo, Past Daily is in the middle of raising funds to continue our preservation and restoration
Carrots Of Peace – Stampedes Of War – July 18, 1994
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – July 18, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As mad as the world seems this July 18th in 2014, it was just as mad – driven just as insane, this July 18th in 1994. Twenty years