Click on the link here for Audio Player: April 29, 1986 was a day the true nature of how disastrous it was wouldn’t be known for weeks and months later. On this April 29th, amid vehement denials to the contrary, one of the worst Nuclear Power Plant disasters
Click on the link here for Audio Player: (Still dealing with the player situation – bear with us) Taking a world view for this April 17th in 1998, via The BBC World Service Newsdesk program. News of Russian President Boris Yeltsin making a second try at getting Parliament approval for
Click on the link here for Audio Player: (Still working on the Audio Player fiasco – bear with us.) Sometimes looking at history, and it’s place in contemporary events, reveal odd, almost disturbing correlations. Case in point: The bombings in Boston yesterday and the horrific scenes, and the ongoing investigations
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”20595″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”News for April 9, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] It helps, it really-really does: Become a Patron! News for this day in April, 1940 was wall-to-wall bulletins regarding the German invasion of Norway and Denmark. Starting in the early morning hours, news reports
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Teenagers – 1960 Further evidence that every generation thinks the generation proceeding it is out of control, insane, morals-free and hopeless. This documentary, part of the weekly radio series Image America, focuses on Teenagers in 1960. Part of a bigger view of The
News for April 5, 1976 News for this day in 1976 had, among other things, much to do with Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger and the ruffling of feathers in the Middle East, most notably the Israelis. Secretary Kissinger was confronted by a Jewish-American resolution in Congress, accusing him and
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Robert F. KennedyAnnounces the death of Martin Luther King – April 4, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Death of Martin Luther King – The Aftermath – CBS Radio – April4-5, 1968 –
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for April 3, 1982 On April 3rd, 1982 the most common sound heard this day was the flipping of map pages, trying to figure out just where exactly and what exactly The Falkland Islands were. Because on this day it was
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for April 1, 1990 With the runaway train of break-away republics from the soon-to-be-former Soviet Union on this April 1st in 1990, the former Soviet Republic of Lithuania was the next in line to sever ties. Amid warnings of potential dire
Click on the link here for Audio Player: LBJ -1965 Voting Right Bill – March 15, 1965 On this day forty-eight years ago, President Johnson addressed Congress over the issue of Voting Rights in connection with Civil Rights legislation he had introduced earlier. In the midst of heightened protests throughout
