Category: Day in history
June 17, 1947 – A Princeton Commencement – President Truman
June 17, 1947 – President Truman – Princeton University Commencement Address – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 1947; graduation season and the season for commencement addresses. Princeton University conferred Doctor of Laws degrees on a number of notables in 1947. Among them, General Eisenhower and Judge Learned Hand
June 6, 2000 – A Big Break-Up For Microsoft – A Big Hurricane Season For The East Coast
June 6, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 6, 2000 – Big news from the Justice Department today. Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein, in charge of the Anti-Trust division, announced in a press conference that a ruling had been made in
May 30, 2001 – Tax Cut 2001 – Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts/Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
May 30, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 30, 2001 – Timothy McVeigh was scheduled to get a visit from his attorneys over recently uncovered FBI evidence in the Oklahoma City Bombing case and whether or not to seek a second
May 28, 1989 – Memorial Day –
May 28, 1989 – Newsmark – Memorial Day at Arlington – Homeless Women – other stories – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 28, 1989 – Today is Memorial Day. And even though you are no doubt firing up the grill, laying out the picnic table, opening
May 25, 2001 – A Building Collapse In Jerusalem; For Once, No Terrorism- Bob Dylan At 60
May 25, 2001 – BBC World Service News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 25, 2001 – The collapse of a wedding hall during festivities in Jerusalem brought the instant assumption of a terrorist bombing. But after a few minutes, it was determined the Versailles Wedding Hall, hosting a
May 23, 2001 – A Seismic Senate Shift – A Senator Goes Rogue – A Tax-Cut Cometh
May 23, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 23, 2001 – A day of wonders on Capitol Hill. News that Republican Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont was going to announce his intention to quit the GOP and go Independent had many reeling from
May 18, 2001 – The Tit-For-Tat Of Terrorism – Israeli Retaliation-Palestinian Suicide Bombings. A Scandal In California.
May 18, 2001 – National Public Radio All Things Considered – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 18, 2001 – A day all too familiar in recent years. From Jerusalem came reports of Israeli F-16’s targeting Hamas positions and training camps in retaliation for a suicide bombing outside a busy