January 9, 1973 – New Orleans Snipers And Paris Peace Talks
News of this day in 1973. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original newscast from January 9, 1973
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January 5, 1989 – Tripoli Has An Attack Of Whim-Whams
News for this day in history. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and hear the original newscast as it was broadcast on January 5, 1989
January 3, 2000 – Much Ado About Y2K – Snoopy Says Goodbye
January 3, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 3, 2000 – The day everyone breathed a sigh of relief and the day everyone got a little misty. The relief came in the form of a clean bill of health over the infamous Y2K
January 1, 1989 – Dawning Of The Age Of Bush – Where We Stood In 1989
January 1, 1989 – CBS Radio – Where We Stand 1989 – Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 1, 1989 – As the world slowly rolled out of bed, partly hung-over, partly staring at just another day, it was clear we were heading into the last
December 28, 1980 – “I Don’t Think You Pay Ransom For People Who’ve Been Kidnapped By Barbarians” – President-Elect Reagan
December 28, 1980 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 28, 1980 – As the hostage drama dragged on for some 421 days, diplomatic efforts were continuing, with three Ambassadors to Algeria reporting back to President Carter on their visit to the 52 captives in
December 26, 1986 – A Mile-High Gun Battle – A Hostage Release
December 26, 1986 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 26, 1986 – You would think that, during the holidays, violence, mayhem, tragedy and hostage dramas would take the day off. But no, seems the best time as ever to stage something harrowing or dramatic
December 20, 2002 – Trent Lott Steps Down – Troop Strength Ramps Up
December 20, 2002 – NPR – All Things Considered – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 20, 2002 – Another day, another scandal on Capitol Hill. This time the recipient was Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss.) who, despite his adamance about staying on, announced he would be stepping down as Senate
December 18, 1980 – 411 Days Of To-Ing And Fro-Ing.
December 18, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup + 9:00 am News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 18, 1980. If you, like many Americans, were payiing attention to the American hostage Crisis in Tehran, you would know today was 411. Four-hundred eleven days since the Embassy was taken
December 15, 1980 – Turning Oil Into Gold – Turning Central Park Into Strawberry Fields
December 15, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 15, 1980 – A day of war, strife, oil and remembrance. Starting with news of a meeting of OPEC countries, meeting in Bali and the discussion was raising the price of a barrel of Crude
December 13, 1968 – President-elect Nixon Unveils His Cabinet – Florynce Kennedy Has A Few Words About It
December 13, 1968 – EET: Newsfront – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 13, 1968 – Busy news day – at home and abroad. Starting with Defense Secretary-designate Melvin Laird saying in a press conference earlier that he hoped the war in Vietnam would be over by the time they