Category History

Blood Feuds And Big-Big Promises – October 1, 1980

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News – The World Tonight – October 1, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The new month got off to a roaring start, this October 1st in 1980. The…

A Word Or Two From Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – 1974 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC: Speaking Freely with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – Sept. 28, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Keeping track of the dizzying number of prominent names and events in Middle Eastern and…

The view from Jo'Burg.

September 30, 1985 – Unaccounted For In Lebanon – Rioted Over In Jo’Burg – Grieved Over In Paris –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”17243″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 30, 1985 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Turbulent times, worrisome times, mournful times – this September 30th in 1985. Beginning with news there was concern over the fate…

‘We Saw Everything Someone Would Think About Before They Died’ – September 29, 1987

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – September 29, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Not a good day for flying, if you were around on this September 29th in 1987. News of…

Stan Kenton – Live At Steel Pier – 1953 – Past Daily Downbeat

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Stan Kenton and His Orchestra – Live At Steel Pier – Atlantic City, New Jersey – Aug. 4, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This might take a little getting used…

Reaganomics; The Prune And Slice Era – September 24, 1981

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Frontline Reports-World News Roundup – Sept 24, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day was a glimpse of things to come. The Reagan Budget was…

Jan Masaryk And The Czech Crisis – September 23, 1938

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”17124″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 23, 1938 – Jan Masaryk Address – Radio Prague via NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] September 1938; another crisis had boiled up in Europe, threatening to plunge the world into another…

Speaking Softly – Carrying Big Sticks – September 23, 1986

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: The World Tonight – September 23, 1986 – The Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day of political wrangling, this September 23rd in 1986. East-West relations going back and forth…