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– 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…
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…
– March 1, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 1, 1980 – a lot of drama, going on this day in 1980. Starting with the hostage situation in Colombia, where leftist guerrillas were…
– 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…
February 23, 1940 – Special Report from Helsinki – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 23, 1940 – Reports from Helsinki concerned the invasion of Finland by Russia, and the status of fighting around Viipuri, Finland’s second largest city, was…
– February 9, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 9, 1979 – The ongoing situation in Love Canal, the Niagara Falls area of New York State was escalating on this particular day, 37…
The news for this February 6th in 1951 began with the worst Passenger train disaster since 1918. The Pennsylvania Railroad 5:10 Commuter Express train The Broker hit a temporary spur and careened over an embankment, killing some 83 passengers (at…
– February 2, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 2, 1980 – In the midst of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, the turn of events in Iran and the taking of 52 American…
– News for January 26, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Wartime News for this day in 1944 was about American attempts at brokering a deal between the Russians and the Poles. Seems now that the Germans had been…
News And Comment for January 24, 1961 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Four days after his Inaugural and six days before his first State of The Union, President Kennedy was already presented with a full plate of…