Category: Day in history
May 17, 1975 – The Mayaguez Postmortem – Anwar Sadat Goes Opinion Sampling -The Shah Pays A Visit
May 17, 1975 – CBS Radio The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 17, 1975 – End of a busy week. With the Mayguez incident resolved, with President Ford announcing the two-day crisis was over, it was now time to look at the incident itself and
May 7, 2008 – Protests And Arrests After Bell Verdict – Election ’08 Primaries
May 7, 2008 – CBS Radio News/WCBS Special Reports – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 7, 2008 – a busy Wednesday, this May 7th in 2008. Beginning with reports of mass protests over the city of New York over the verdict in the Sean Bell shooting case. A quick
May 6, 1989 – Panama Elections – Elections In Texas – Funeral In Johannesburg
May 6, 1989 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 6, 1989 – Busy day, even for a Saturday in 1989. Starting with the weather. Tornados and thunderstorms were busy reeking havoc throughout the South. At least 16 people were reported dead as the result
May 2, 2005 – Hostage Taking In Iraq – Insurgents Attacking In Iraq – Car Bombs Exploding In Iraq.
May 2, 2005 – BBC Radio 4 News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 2, 2005 – A day of hostage taking, insurgents attacking and terrorism in Iraq. As observed and reported by The BBC, the situation in Iraq was becoming entangled in violence and chaos with seemingly no
May 1, 2001 – A Bush Tax Cut – A Bush Defense Plan – A Freeh Resignation –
May 1, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 1, 2001 – Four months into the Bush Administration, the familiar laundry list of issues to tackle; tax cuts and Defense spending. In a policy speech, he said he was going ahead with
April 26, 1954 – Day In The Life Of The Army-McCarthy Hearings: Brass Tacks And Ugly Words.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Recap of Army-McCarthy Hearings for April 26, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Sixty-five years ago this month, the endless, far-reaching and career-destroying Army-McCarthy Hearings took place. So popular were these hearings, they were televised live, recapped in
April 25, 2000 – It’s All Happening At The Zoo – It’s Not Happening With High-Tech – It Could Happen With Stress
April 25, 2000 – The CBS World News Roundup; Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 25, 2000 – The National Zoo in Washington D.C. was the scene of a gun battle between two rival gangs – caught in the crossfire were a group of school children on
April 24, 1981 – A President Returns – Northern Ireland Braces – Another Abortion Debate
April 24, 19981 – CBS World News Roundup + News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another busy day for news, this April 24th in 1981. President Reagan, recovering from wounds he received twenty-five days earlier from the assassination attempt, was eager to get back to work.