Squabbles, Budgets And Blame Games – May 16, 1983
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Category: Soviet Union
Gas Rationing: A Day Both Odd And Personalized – May 9, 1979
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
VE Day + 1: A Year After Toasts And Hugs; Suspicion – May 8, 1946
And a year to the day after the “official” VE Day end to the War in Europe, the creeping Cold War was making its presence known on this May 8th in 1946. As Europe continued to dig itself out of the wreckage of five years of war, new ominous clouds
Alan Shepard: First American In Space Holds A Press Conference – May 8, 1961
– CBS Radio Special Report: Alan Shepard Press Conference – May 8, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On May 5, 1961 America sent its first Astronaut into space. Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7, the first of the series of six Project Mercury flights into space, eventually leading to
Objective: Berlin – Twilight Of The Reich – The Allies Push East – March 24, 1945
NBC – Alex Drier’s Weekly News Analysis – March 24, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As reports filled the airwaves and people sat glued to their radios this March 24th in 1945, a wave of breathless optimism spread that maybe the war, at least in Europe, would be
‘Hungary Calling’ – Land Grabs And Storm Clouds – March 21, 1939
– English News From Radio Budapest, Hungary – March 21, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – As the storm clouds rapidly gathered in Europe, the situation in the East was quickly developing into a hotspot. The question of Hungary and its occupation of Subcarpathia, on the heels of a
Kremlin Intrigues: The Name Is Malenkov – Meet The New Boss – March 15, 1953 –
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
A World Full Of Drama – An Embassy Full Of Hostages – March 1, 1980
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Japan: Thinly Veiled Threat – German Troops Advance In Bulgaria – 544 Days And Counting – February 24, 1941
– News Of The World – February 24, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1941 marked the 544th day since the conflict began. The U.S. was still not involved in the shooting side of things, but was aiding Britain in their fight against Germany. On this