We rely on you: Become a Patron! An historic day for peace – The leaders of Israel and Egypt decided Sunday night to go ahead with signing their historic peace treaty after apparently settling the last outstanding issue. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat reached the
Coffee goes well with everything: – CBS World News Roundup-Late Edition – March 6, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Hard to imagine it was 24 years ago on this day that people were in a state of shock and dismay over the prospect of paying upwards of $2.00
A little help from our friends: Become a Patron! – News for Week Ending January 11, 1975 – The plate was fairly overflowing with news and crises, this week ending January 11th in 1975. Starting with news of the continuing War in Vietnam, or ” the recurring nightmare” as it
News for January 8, 1974 News on this January 8th in 1974 continued with goings-on at The White House. Watergate was not going to go away, much to the Nixon Administration’s wishes it would. The White House did issue a White Paper on the growing controversy surrounding contributions to the
. – CBS Radio: Newsbreak + CBS Radio Hourly News – November 6, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When Iran underwent sweeping changes, starting in late 1978 and culminating in the exile (under the pretense of tests for Cancer) of the Shah, it should have been a warning sign
– CBS World News Roundup – October 23, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 23rd in 1979 was a harbinger of things to come. On this day, The Shah of Iran arrived in New York from Mexico, for what was described as a “battery of
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If you owned a car this May 9th in 1979, you were no doubt preoccupied with what number your license plate ended in. Because gas rationing was being enforced and was strictly limited to odd numbered or Personalized license plates on this day. And of course it was topic A
Further evidence April has had its fair share of drama in history. On this April 18th in 1977 it was a dire warning from President Jimmy Carter over the Energy Crisis that was looming. On this day he spoke directly to the American people in an Address To The Nation,
March 15, 1953 – Drew Pearson News – ABC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 15, 1953 – While the world was processing the death of Soviet Premier Stalin, his replacement, Gyorgy Malenkov was quickly and quietly taking the reigns, and not-so-quietly instigating purges within the Party. Rumors
