Category: Day in history
Unemployment And The Economy: Rosy Pictures, Thorny Realities From The Reagan White House – June 28, 1983
– June 28, 1983 – CBS World News Roundup + 9:00 Network news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 28, 1983 – A day of mixed messages at home and abroad. During his press conference, President Reagan was asked about the then-current controversy brewing over “the Carter Briefing Book”
Streets Of Santiago – Brezhnev Views Watergate – June 27, 1973
– News for the Week of June 27, 1973 – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While the bombs were falling in the hearing room on Capitol Hill, over the latest harrowing disclosures by former Nixon aide John Dean, bombs and distractions of another kind were
Civil Rights: Long, Hot Summer ’66 – Vietnam: “No Bargain Basement War” – June 26, 1966
– ABC Radio – Voices In The Headlines – June 26, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The week of June 26th in 1966 pretty much epitomized the tone of the 60s; contentious, ironic and questioning. Beginning with the ongoing Civil Rights battle. As usual, Mississippi was at the
Taft-Hartley Bill Becomes Law – June 23, 1947
– ABC Headline News – June 23, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A lot of Labor news this June 23rd in 1947. Starting with the override of President Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley bill, the Senate voted to pass the infamous Taft-Hartley Labor Bill voted 68-25 with 6
Paris Calls It Quits – France Surrenders – June 20, 1940
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Juneteenth – Solidarity Day – Coretta Scott-King And The Poor People’s March – June 19, 1968
– June 19, 1968 – Coretta Scott King – Solidarity Day Address – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 1968 saw no end of turmoil and upheaval in the world. In the first six months alone there was the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy.
June 12, 1940 – 12 Miles or 17 Miles From Paris, Depends On Who You Ask – The Great Escape Begins
June 12, 1940 – Bill Hillman Shortwave report from London – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 12, 1940 – A day of confusion and conflicting messages. In this closed-circuit shortwave broadcast, reporter Bill Hillman delivers a breathless account of the impending overrun of Paris by German forces. Reports come
June 10, 1935 – Birth Of A Fellowship – The Founding Of Alcoholics Anonymous
Cited in Life Magazine as one of the most influential movements of the 20th Century, the movement that gave birth to the concept of the 12-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous got its start on June 10th 1935. Not without its detractors, naysayers, gurus, pontificators and bashers, Alcoholics Anonymous has maintained its