– President Truman addresses closing of San Francisco Conference – June 26, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 79 years ago today, on June 26, 1945 there was cause for celebration. A cautious one, because we were still in the middle of the war in the Pacific, but an
– June 26, 1936 – CBS – Convention Day 4 excerpt – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 26, 1936 – Day 4 of the Democratic Convention from Philadelphia. Philadelphia was the site for the 1936 convention – a convention which was much calmer than that of 1932. FDR and
– Oasis – Live At Wolverhampton Civic Hall – 1994 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Middle of the week with Oasis, one of those bands who indelibly defined the 1990s, and solidified what became the 2nd British invasion and epitomized what came to be known as Brit-Pop. Starting
– NBC Radio – Bulletin regarding Allied entry into Cherbourg – June 25, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Nineteen days after the initial landings at Normandy, the Allies were still in the midst of battling their way to Paris. Some objectives were easily taken, while others were difficult.
– Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – Korea – June 24, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Depending on where you were at the time, the events which rapidly spiraled into the Korean War started either on the afternoon of June 24th, or the morning of the 25th in 1950.
Well, now that Festival season is up and rolling, adjusting schedules, setting timers, studying lineups and crossing fingers that the multi-tasking doesn’t overload the computer has become a full-time task. But seriously, it’s worth it. This year promises to be a wall-to-wall feast of great music by old favorites and
While the UN was preparing to celebrate 10 years as a peacemaking body on the 20th of June, a military coup was going on in Argentina, with a plan to oust Juan Pèron. this day in June 1955. On 16 June 1955, 30 Argentine Navy and Air Force aircraft bombed
– June 18-20, 2018 – News Reports from RFI-English Service – ABC Radio National, Australia – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Refugees and the Crisis in Immigration – With the events of the week still unfolding, and reports of sudden reversals only adding to the confusion,
Diving into the Pop/sorta-Punk side of things this morning with a set from Avril Lavigne at the 2022 Rock In Rio Festival, recorded September 9, 2022. I just ran across this article by Mark Savage, music correspondent for the BBC which covers Avril Lavigne in 2022, right when this concert
– CBS Hourly News – June 17, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day, at least as far as the U.S. was concerned, centered around a hostage drama unfolding at Beirut Airport. Members of a Shi’ite Militia group, armed to the teeth, hijacked TWA flight 847
