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The Great Exhibition Of 1851 And Its Celebration In 1951 As Viewed In 1948 – Past Daily Reference Room

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”47298″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=“BBC World Service – London Letter – October 20, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! In 1948 work was underway to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the legendary Great Exhibition of 1851, which was to have taken place in 1951. But

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October 16, 1964 – An Absence Of Nikita – Shakeup In The Kremlin

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”47001″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”News for October 16,1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! The stunning news, on this October 16, 1964, was the revelation that Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev had been removed from office in what many believed to be a bloodless coup on the

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October 3, 1989 – The Exodus From East Germany – The Headaches For Gorby – A New Name For The Polish Government

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”46793″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 3, 1989 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Patrons can download this for free: Become a Patron! October 3, 1989 – The scene at the German Embassy in Prague was chaotic. The flood gates had opened as thousands of

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