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Waiting for the new Pope

October 13, 1958 – Burying A Pope – Reviving A Red Scare

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”23857″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 13, 1958 – Fulton Lewis Jr. and the News – Mutual – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this October 13th in 1958 had much to do with the goings-on at The Vatican. The death of Pope Pius XII and the mourning, as

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China after Mao

October 12, 1976 – After Mao: China And The Fog Of Uncertainty

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”23840″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 12, 1976 – BBC World Service Newsreel- Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] On this October 12th in 1976 there was a aura of uncertainty in the direction of China. Longtime leader Mao Tse-Tung had died in September and rumors of a coup were spreading,

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October 9, 1989 – Manuel Noriega And The Little Coup That Couldn’t

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”10495″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 9, 1989 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this October 9th in 1989 had to do with the growing protest movement in East Germany and the rioting going on in East Berlin. The riots erupted when East

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Regan Campaigning

October 7, 1980 – Election ’80 – 4 Weeks And Counting – Reagan-Carter Campaigns Heading To The Wire.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”23727″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 7, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] With 4 weeks to go, the 1980 Presidential campaign was in the home stretch. On this October 7,1980, the polls were all over the place and the candidates were in high

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March 20, 1939 – Voices Of Spring – Diplomacy In Overtime – The League Of Germanism

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”49889″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 20, 1939 – Radio Hungary, Radio Paris Shortwave – Radio Moscow Shortwave – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! As tensions increased throughout Europe, this first day of Spring in 1939, life for the most part was making a heroic attempt at

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Barbed wire and soldier during wartime, black and white historical photograph, reminiscent of news and history archives, representing wartime events and conflict resolution.

March 13, 1961 – East Berlin, OPEC, Cuba And Other Frying Pans.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”49775″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”News for March 13, 1961- NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] If we’re helping relieve the boredom, chip in: Become a Patron! The Cold War climate was getting stirred up, this March 13th in 1961. News that West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt left

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March 3, 1941 – Signing Your Country’s Life Away – The Bulgaria Treaty.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”49596″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”July 23, 1945 – H.V. Kaltenborn and the News – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! News for this day in 1941 was ominous but not unexpected. Bulgaria, reeling under the oppressive weight of the Nazi Government, relented and signed

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