– May 25, 1942 – NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 25, 1942, news from many war fronts this day. The lead story was the Russian offensive on the all important Kharkov front, as Marshall Timoshenko launched assaults in several sectors. Russian news reported
– NBC News Of The World – May 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this May 23rd 1945 had much to do with the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the call for Parliamentary elections to take place in July. It was speculated Churchill
May 20, 1942; potentially a pivotal day in the history of World War 2. The Russian Army, led by Marshal Semen Timoshenko scored a decisive victory in the battle of Kharkov, which could prove to be a tipping point of the war on the Eastern Front. Speculation that this would
– May 16, 1938 – Radio Prague News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 16, 1938 – It didn’t seem so ominous at the time, but news from Prague over the situation in Czechoslovakia was becoming one of concern throughout Europe. The issue of lands under Czech control which
May 16, 1990 – CBS Radio News – KNX, Los Angeles – Bulletins, reports and news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 16, 1990 – Sadness compounded; Jim Henson and Sammy Davis Jr. – both legends in their own right, both irreplaceable figures in the world of Entertainment, gone
Frank Sinatra – Even though he had been in failing health for several years, news of his death earlier in the morning of May 14, 1998 came as a shock and tributes began pouring from every part of the world as the day went on. There was other news this
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Further evidence May, historically, has been anything but a dull month. Take for example this past week in 1975. News for the week ending May 11, 1975 was about upheaval, reprisal and fear for the future. With the collapse of South Vietnam, the exodus of refugees to America continued. The
– News Feeds From Moscow – May 9, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even after the initial surrender documents had been signed on May 6, Moscow was slow to respond to the news that the War in Europe was in fact, over. But finally, in the early hours of
NBC Nightly News – May 4, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Many have said the events outside the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago started the shift in national opinion of the War in Vietnam. The events at Kent State (and a few days later at Jackson State) 52 years
