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February 19, 1942 – Alka-Seltzer News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Every little bit helps: Become a Patron! February 19, 1942 – Busy day in war. Reports from the South Pacific regarding the Japanese bombing of Darwin and the fears this was...
February 18, 1996 – BBC World Service News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 18, 1996 – The world as viewed by the BBC World Service. Beginning with news of the arrest of five members of the Japanese Red Army in Lebanon and their possible extradition back to Japan....
February 17, 1942 – Radio Tokyo – news in English – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 17, 1942 – News for this day in 1942 had to do with the fall of Singapore and its occupation by Japanese forces. The Battle of Singapore, also known as the Fall of...
News for this February 17th in 1996 started off with a grim report of a collision between trains had taken place just outside of Washington D.C., killing at least 11 people, most were trainees for the Job Corps Program heading to Washington D.C. from a training Center in West Virginia....
February 16, 1998 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 16, 1998 – Busy news day – starting with news from Baghdad about the ongoing flap over weapons inspections. More balking from Sadaam Hussein and more foot dragging. President Clinton was getting ready to ask...
February 15, 1967 – Sixth Hour News – WNBC New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 15, 1967 – News today was about Vietnam – the Vietnam War and protesting the Vietnam War. Starting with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara saying he doubted the bombing of North Vietnam in...
February 12, 1980 – CBS The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 12, 1980 – Busy news day – The Hostage drama in Tehran was lumbering on for its 100th day – the start/stall negotiations were prompting the State Department to consider a news blackout in an...
Events moved quickly in 1990, culminating in the release from Prison of Nelson Mandela on February 11, 1990. A crowd of some 50,000 supporters assembled outside the Courthouse in Cape Town to greet the arrival of Mandela, who had been imprisoned over 27 years for his efforts to end apartheid...
February 10, 1997 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 10, 1997 – A typical February day on Planet earth. News from Capitol Hill was about the White Water scandal over President Clinton’s and First Lady Hillary over alleged dealings in a Real Estate invesement....
February 4, 1997 – BBC World Service – Newsdesk – February 4, 1997 – Elections in Pakistan – Civil War in Zaire – Civil War in Colombia – Hostage drama in Lima – violent crackdowns on protestors in Belgrade bringing widespread condemnation – assassination of a Roman Catholic Bishop on...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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