Category: Day in history

South Pole rescue

April 26, 2001 – A South Pole Rescue

April 26, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 26, 2001 – a day for finger-crossing and nail-biting if you were with the Research team in the South Pole. One of their team, Dr. Ron Shemanski, fell ill with Pancreatitis and needed

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Elian Gonzalez and cousin

April 25, 2000 – A Hot Potato Named Elian

April 25, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 25, 2000 – the political windstorm over the Elian Gonzalez affair was starting to wind down, or at least try to. The young boy, subject of an intense immigration battle as the result

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William Cruse - asscused Shopping Centrer shooter

April 24, 1987 – A Rampage – A Debacle

April 24, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 24, 1987 – a violent day, by all reports. Beginning with news from the community of Palm Bay Florida where a gunman went on a rampage and calmly walked into a shopping mall at dusk

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Robert Alton Harris

April 20, 1992 – Vigils, Protestors, Pileups

April 20, 1992 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 20, 1992 – A busy days for vigils, protests, car accidents and observances. After exhausting all appeals, convicted killer Robert Alton Harris was spending the day saying goodbyes before heading down to the Death Watch

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Wall Street rebound - April 18, 2000

April 18, 2000 – A Wall Street Feeding Frenzy

April 18, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 18, 2000 – Wall Street on the rebound for the second day as a feeding frenzy pushed the Dow up to new heights. At the end of this Super Tuesday, the Stock Market

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Panama Canal demonstrations 1978

April 14, 1978 – Considering Panama – Mysterious Leukemia

https://e2wyeghodh5.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/22030154/News-for-April-14-1978.mp3 April 14, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 14, 1978 – this day in 1978 the word was Panama and the issue was ratifying the treaty. On Capitol Hill, debate was raging back and forth and the issue was becoming more complex

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