
Category: Day in history


October 26, 2000 – Social Security And Fuzzy Math – School Violence Down Since 1992 – Pickpocket Granny
October 26, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 26, 2000 – With Election 2000 days away, the campaign was on the final sprint to the finish line. As one of the main concerns of this election season, the issue of Social


October 22, 1990 – The Fiscal Dance – The Hostage Gesture – The Clampdown – A High Seas Confrontation
October 22, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 22, 1990 – A day of turmoil and wrangling. On Capitol Hill, the battle over the budget was continuing, three weeks into the new fiscal year, Congressional leaders were still trying to come up with

October 19, 1987 -Black Monday – The Stock Market Crash Of 1987
October 19, 1987 – CBS Radio News – Reports – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 19, 1987 – Going down in the history books as Black Monday, it was the day Wall Street took a tumble. Some 500 points dropped before closing time. The final tally was slow in

October 18, 1990 – A Keating Named Charles – 38 Hours Til Panic – A Draft Resolution At The UN
October 18, 1990 – CBS World news Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 18, 1990 – A day of scandals and war-fever. However, staring off the day with some good news – The Labor Department announced that consumer prices had rises 8.10% in September, for an annual 6.6%



October 11, 1974 – Older, Blacker And More Female Than Most – A Cliffhanger Election With An Eyelash Majority
October 11, 1974 – CBS Radio: The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 11, 1974 – A political sort of day, throughout the world. In Washington, jury selection in the Watergate coverup trial was finally complete and ready for the show to begin after the weekend. The
