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Election 2000

November 6, 2000 – ‘I Think We’re Gonna Be Here A Long Time On Election Night’ – Election 2000.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”24309″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”November 6, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] 20 years ago today it was the eve of Election 2000. Considered too close to call even the…

American Embassy - Tehran

November 5, 1979 – The View From Tehran: Taking An Embassy Or Two. A Hostage Drama Unfolds.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”24291″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”November 5, 1979 – CBS News and Special Reports – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this November 5th in 1979 was about the worsening situation between Washington and Tehran – all over demands…

A Week of War: British Troops in Holland

November 4, 1944 – A Week’s Worth Of War – Shifting And Changing.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”24272″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”November 4, 1944 – War Telescope – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] As the war continued throughout 1944, news regarding the latest advances and battles going in Western Europe had many feeling…

Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin - 1995

November 4, 1995 -Senseless Act – The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”24268″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”November 4, 1995 – News from NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Editors Note: As a reminder that words, no matter how seemingly innocent or misconstrued, can have devastating effects on those who are…

Election 1960

November 8-9, 1960 – Election Night 1960 – America Votes And Waits

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Election Night 1964

November 3, 1964 – America Votes – Election Night In America

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FDR - 1936

November 2, 1936 – Eve Of An Election 1936 – A Last Word Or Two From FDR Before The Polls Close.

November 2nd in 1936 was the last day before the Presidential election that year. As a “final word”, President Roosevelt, along with Postmaster General James Farley and New York Senator Robert Wagner, addressed the nation via that relatively recent mass-media…

Al Gore - Campaign 2000

November 2, 2000 – Bush-Gore: Down To The Wire

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”30001″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”November 2, 2000 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] November 2, 2000 – it was coming down to the wire; the Bush-Gore election campaigns of 2000. Last minute sweeps throughout the…

New York World's Fair 1939

October 30, 1939 – Closing The New York World’s Fair (For The Winter)

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”35811″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 30, 1939 – Closing New York World’s Fair For Winter – Mutual – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] It was October 30, eighty-one years ago that the 1939 New York World’s Fair came to…

Germans evacuating Aachen

October 29, 1944 – Allied Forces Sweeping Holland – Aachen Looks For A Mayor – Japan Looks For A New Prime Minister.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”53461″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 29, 1944 – World News Today – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] October 29, 1944 – World News Today – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 29, 1944…