Category: Day in history

Exploring the Stratosphere

December 11, 1935 – Exploring And Celebrating The Stratosphere –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18476″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 11, 1935 – National Geographic Society – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] When U.S. Army Air Corps Captains Albert W. Stevens and Orville A. Anderson landed their Explorer II High-altitude balloon on the ground near White Lake South Dakota, they were

Read More »
Close-up of Donald Trump with hand on chin, contemplating, in a news and history archive image.

December 10, 1999 – The Heart Of Bill Bradley – The Innocence Of Wen – The Passing Of Rick Danko.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”53978″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 10, 1999 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] December 10, 1999 – CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 10, 1999 – Many months until election 2000, the race to the White

Read More »
Paris Riots - 1947

December 4, 1947 – For Paris: Another Day, Another Round Of Billy Clubs – For The Middle East: Another Unholy Day In The Holy Land.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11374″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 4, 1947 – News Of The World – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”]   Another day of drama and upheaval, this December 4th in 1947. Still reeling from the UN partition plan of Palestine, riots were continuing in Jerusalem and all

Read More »
Berlin - 1943

December 3, 1943 – Orchestrated Hell – Raid Over Berlin

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11362″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 3, 1943 – CBS – The World Today – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”]   In what has been considered one of the milestones in broadcast journalism, Edward R. Murrow reported his eyewitness account of a bombing raid over Berlin, this day in 1943.

Read More »
Malta Summit

December 2, 1989 – The Seasick Summit – Bush And Gorbachev At Malta –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18289″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 2, 1989 – News – Special Reports – Malta Summit – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] A little helps a lot: Become a Patron! I’m sure it seemed like a good idea at the time, and it probably looked very impressive on paper –

Read More »
Historical photo of men working on a shipwreck, possibly from a significant event or rescue effort, reflecting historical news coverage and maritime history.

December 1, 1947 – “The Situation Is Extremely Explosive In Jerusalem” – The French Government Takes Action Against Communist Strikers – Waiting For The Gendarmerie.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”53850″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 1, 1947 – News of The World – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] December 1, 1947 – NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Support us if you can: Become a Patron! December 1, 1947 – The

Read More »
Scroll to Top