May 30, 1942 – Memorial Day In Wartime
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Category: Social Commentary
Cornershop In Session – 1998 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Cornershop – In Session – May 5, 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – Cornershop for a Tuesday night/Hump Day morning. Formed in 1991 and with music that’s a fusion of Indian, Britpop, Electronic Dance and Alernative, they’ve been a staple in the British underground/club music scene ever since. Tjinder Singh
May 27, 1947 – Among The Subjects: Lynching – Recovery In Europe – What To Do About Moscow.
– ABC News Of Tomorrow – May 27, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Some people may find it strange and unbelievable that, as late as 1947 the subject of Lynching and introducing anti-Lynching Laws was still very much a debated issue. That previous attempts at introducing laws to
May 26, 1945 – The Efforts To Wage Peace – San Francisco Conference
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May 23, 1945 – In The Middle Of Festivities, Resignation – Churchill To Step Down.
– NBC News Of The World – May 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this May 23rd 1945 had much to do with the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the call for Parliamentary elections to take place in July. It was speculated Churchill
Summer 1967 – You’re Dial Hopping And It’s A Toss Between Humble Harve And B. Mitchel Reed – Weekend Pop Chronicles
Become a Patron! Summer 1967 – KFWB – B. Mitchel Reed – KHJ – Humble Harve – KHJ – The Real Don Steele – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summer 1967 – AM radio still reigns supreme. But the songs are suddenly longer, and edgier. No way of getting around
May 16, 1990 – Death Came In Twos – Sammy Davis Jr. – Jim Henson.
May 16, 1990 – CBS Radio News – KNX, Los Angeles – Bulletins, reports and news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 16, 1990 – Sadness compounded; Jim Henson and Sammy Davis Jr. – both legends in their own right, both irreplaceable figures in the world of Entertainment, gone
May 14, 1998 – The Passing Of Ol’ Blue Eyes (Frank Sinatra: December 12,1915-May 14, 1998).
Frank Sinatra – Even though he had been in failing health for several years, news of his death earlier in the morning of May 14, 1998 came as a shock and tributes began pouring from every part of the world as the day went on. There was other news this
May 12, 1945 – The Morning After – The UN Conference Meets For The First Time.
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Annexation Of Austria – 1938 – When Your Neighbor Makes Unwanted Advances – Past Daily Reference Room
March 25, 1938 – H.W. van Loon Commentary on the German Annexation of Austria – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the latest series of events taking place in Eastern Europe and another land-grab masquerading as a rightful claim to territory, there’s a history – and it goes