Closing Day – Moscow Olympics – August 3, 1980
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Silent Spring And A Few Words From Rachel Carson 1963 – Past Daily Reference Room
CBS Reports – The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson – 1963, rebroadcast 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1962, when Marine biologist and Conservationist Rachel Carson‘s landmark book Silent Spring was published, it immediately caused a storm of controversy. The rampant, unchecked use of pesticides since the 1940s
Berkeley: Three Nights Of Riots – Judy Garland Collapses On Stage – June 30, 1968
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June 5, 1968 – “They Shot Bobby!!” – The Robert Kennedy Assassination
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Rodney King: ‘We Can Get Along Here – We’re All Stuck Here For A While’ – May 1, 1992
– Pres. Bush-Mayor Bradley – News for May 1, 1992 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – If you lived in Los Angeles, this sunny May 1st in 1992, you woke up noticing the sky was red, the air was thick with smoke and the streets were filled with troops. The
Benito Mussolini: An Address From Rome – April 20, 1939
– Address by Benito Mussolini – April 20, 1939 – EIAR, Rome – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I would imagine most Americans, born after the Vietnam War era, have probably never heard the voice of Benito Mussolini, one of major players in the era of World War 2. No
Yugoslavia And Greece: Next On The List – April 6, 1941
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Crossing The Rhine – Giving A World Organization A Name – Extending The Draft – March 23, 1945
News for this day was moving faster than it could be reported. With reports that the Allies had crossed The Rhine, that the 3rd Army was the latest, and that additional crossings were ready to go at any moment, news was coming in as fast as it could pass the
Rescuing Bastogne – Battle Of The Bulge: A Break In Fortunes – December 28, 1944
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Somewhere In Belgium – December 19, 1944 – A News Blackout On The Western Front – A Rumor Of Heavy Casualties –
December 19, 1944 – Somewhere in Belgium. News from the Western Front was sketchy, filled with rumors and, for the most part, blacked out. Hints that a major German offensive was taking place, catching Allies by surprise and inflicting severe casualties. And as much as the news attempted to play