. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Joe Cocker in Session at The BBC – 1968-1969 – BBC Radio 1 I was hoping we’d make it to the end of the year (a little over a week away) without news of one more passing
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Life And The World – December 19, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even during the holiday season, we were never too far away from thinking about oblivion in the 1950s – and sometimes the doses of
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: Is Cuba Going Red? – May 7 and 13, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the momentous news today of the resumption of diplomatic ties between the U.S. and the island nation of Cuba,
Reports from Mutual Broadcasting – December 7, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – This day; this Sunday 73 years ago, we joined the rest of the world engulfed in War. For the U.S., World War 2 had officially begun. So much has been written, viewed, speculated and pondered over
– United Nations Security Council Session – Dec. 2, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran and some 50 Embassy employees held hostage for some 28 days, it was time to get the UN involved in trying to offer some solution to an increasing
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – November 27, 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection November 27th in 1982 fell on a Saturday. Thoughts of Thanksgiving were now fading into memory. And even though it was a holiday weekend, that
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR – Talk Of The Nation – July 4, 2012 – NPR Hearing the news today of the passing of one of the giants of Film and Theatre, the loss of Mike Nichols moves emotion beyond words. To
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – November 20, 1997 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A busy day, depending on where you were, this November 20th in 1997. If you were in Bagdhad and you were a UN Weapons inspector,
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – November 17, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One of those baffling days in history where the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. On November 17, 1986 the
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Weekend Roundup – November 13, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Fifteen years ago this week, the world continued its confusing and often frustrating spin in 1999. Weeks from the end of the century, 1999 wasn’t
