Category: Day in history

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The Battle Of Seattle – Week Of December 4, 1999

CBS Radio Weekend Roundup – December 4, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- Twenty-five years ago this week, the streets of Seattle were awash in teargas and protestors as the WTO Ministerial Summit met to discuss trade negotiations which began on November 30. Instead, the WTO goings-on were eclipsed by

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Dayton: At Long Last, A Start – November 21, 1995

NPR – Morning Edition + new reports – November 21, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this November 21st in 1995 was hopeful. In what had been described as the worst conflict in Europe since World War 2, a settlement had been reached in Dayton, Ohio where

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Protesters holding NAFTA signs and American flags at a labor rally advocating for workers' rights and border issues, reflecting historical and social activism during a public demonstration.

NAFTA, Mogadishu And Bosnia – November 18, 1993

– CBS World News Roundup – November 18, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 18th 1993 had a lot to do with the vote in Congress to pass the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA bill. Considered dead-in-the-water only a month earlier, with some Presidential arm twisting,

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