May 1, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 1, 1995 – A busy news day, this First of May. Beginning with news that a settlement had been reached in the trial of Malcolm X’s granddaughter Qubilah Shabazz, who was accused of a murder-for-hire
April 30, 1992 – News from KNX-AM Newsradio – 7:00 am – 7:50 am – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 30, 1992 -I’m sure there was a lot going on in the world, but on this April 30 in 1992, the only news that seemed to matter was coming
April 24, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection April 24, 1979 – A day with a lot on its plate. Beginning with revelations that the Russians were deploying a new missile in East Germany. The White House expressed concern about that development and
April 23, 1989 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 23, 1989 – A day loaded with mixed emotions. The arrival at port of the Battleship USS Iowa, where an explosion in one of the ship’s gun turrets claimed the lives of some 47 sailors.
April 20, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 20, 1994 -Busy day, news-wise. Beginning with word that former President Nixon had suffered a stroke and was not expected to pull out of it. Nixon had been in deteriorating health in recent months. On
April 19, 1979 – KNX-Newsradio – 9:06 am-10:00 am – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 19, 1979 – It was a busy day – Middle-East Peace proposals and the third day of voting in Rhodesia were the big news items of the day. So was the George Moscone/Harvey Milk
New York Philharmonic – Leonard Bernstein – Zubin Mehta, Conductors – Aaron Copland 85th Birthday – Nov. 11, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week – this time it’s The New York Philharmonic with Conductor laureate Leonard Bernstein sharing the podium with Music Director Zubin
April 17, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 17, 1995 – even this day, twenty-three years ago, it was all about money. It was Tax Day – the one day of the year that threw most everyone in America into a panic, the
April 10, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 10, 2001 – The Hainan Island incident, as it came to be known, was approaching a stalemate between the U.S. and China. The incident, a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and
