Category History

Indo-Pakistan War - 1971

December 18, 1971 – The Perilous Road To Independence – Bangladesh And The Indo-Pakistan War Of 1971 – Past Daily Reference Room

December 18, 1971 – Address by Professor Hiren Mukherjee – All-India Radio Overseas Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 was a military confrontation between India’s Mitro bahini forces and Pakistan that occurred during the…

Warsaw - December 1981

December 18, 1981 – Revenge Of The Warsaw Pressure Cooker – The Saga Of Solidarity.

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The view from Tokyo

December 1945 – Life In A Postwar Tokyo – Past Daily Reference Room.

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December 16, 2001 – Jabberwocky In The Land Of The Unknown Knowns – The Known Knowns – The Unknown Unknowns.

BBC World Service News + From Our Own Correspondent – December 16, 2001 – BBC World Service Seems like another lifetime ago, but on this December 16th in 2001 we were just getting our feet wet in what was to…

Korea - November-December 1950

December 15, 1950 – War In Korea – The Eerie Familiarity – An Ominous Glance At World War 3 –

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December 15, 1981 – The Official Press Says Poland Is Calm –

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December 11, 1957 – A Word Or Two From Frank Lloyd Wright + A Lot Of Christmas Music – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

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Bill Bradley - Candidate for President- 2000

December 10, 1999 – The Heart Of Bill Bradley – The Innocence Of Wen – The Passing Of Rick Danko.

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Washington monument Incident - 1982

December 9, 1982 – A Monument Held Hostage – A Massacre In Lebanon – The Passing Of A Country Legend.

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