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Become a Patron! July 17, 1951. The big news concerned the devastating floods sweeping over Kansas City, submerging some 2 million acres and causing an untold amount of damage and loss of life. On the day of this newscast, President Truman had finished a tour of the disaster area. He...
Become a Patron! Insurance – an integral and inescapable part of our national fabric; the thing that hounds us, protects us and promises us. The thing most abused, exploited and feared. Because we are a society pretty much based on fear, the notion of being “left unprotected” is something we’ve...
July 16, 1980 – CBS Radio News – Firstline Report – World News Roundup – Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! July 16, 1980 – The news was from Detroit this day and the GOP convention taking place at the Joe Louis Arena. And while...
Become a Patron! July 14, 1965 – Fifty-four years ago, on July 14, 1965, Former Illinois Governor, two-time Presidential Candidate and United Nations Ambassador to the U.S. Adlai Stevenson collapsed and died of a massive coronary in London as he left the BBC studios after an interview regarding U.S. involvement...
Become a Patron! After a promising start, sidelined for almost two weeks by a website server crash, the scramble to catch up has been met with mixed results. A lot of you have been supportive of Past Daily during this fundraiser; either by new contributions or renewing older ones. That...
Become a Patron! July 12, 2005 – An uneasy day in London, in the wake of bombings on the 7th which took the lives of 52 people, including four bombers, a frantic search was on to find additional suspects in this coordinated attack on London’s transit system. On this day,...
Only One Earth – Episode 7 – The Role Of The Scientist And Social Responsibility – June 1972 – Radio Canada International – The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (also known as the Stockholm Conference) was an international conference convened under United Nations auspices held in Stockholm, Sweden...
July 11,2001 – Busy day on Capitol Hill, starting with new controversies over Stem Cell research. The issue of Stem Cell embryonic research grew more complicated with an announcement from Doctors at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Instead of harvesting Stem Cells from embryos left over after fertility treatments, they’ve created...
July 10, 1979 – Skylab was getting ready for reentry. Not exactly sure where or when, but it was predicted to happen soon. The latest word from Space Officials, as of news time, was that Asia and most of Europe went out of the picture as trackers furthered the possibilities...
Sheridan Downey, one of the longer-running Senators from California, started his career in 1924 as a supporter for Progressive Presidential Candidate Robert S. LaFollett. But in 1932 switched parties, becoming a Democrat in support of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1938 Downey was elected to the United States Senate where he...
