Category Sports

Moscow Olympics - 1980

Closing Day – Moscow Olympics – August 3, 1980

– News from Radio Moscow – August 3, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Forty-three years ago today, the Olympic games in Moscow came to an end. Since the U.S. and 65 other countries were boycotting the games, as…

Baghdad Gaslights – A Plague Of Clipboards And Mom-Jeans – January 13, 1998

– Newshour – January 13, 1998 – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 13, 1998 was a day mostly consumed with reports of on-again-off-again UN weapons inspections going on in Baghdad. Today it was off-again, owing…

January 5, 1996 - Don Shula

Capitol Hill Deja-Vu – A Government Shuts Down – A Coach Quits – A Prime Minister Quits- January 5, 1996 –

– January 5, 1996 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 5, 1996 – five days into the new year and all was not quiet, at least on Capitol Hill. The almost never-ending threats to…

post-war and Polio
Buenos Aires

June 18, 1955 – Forecast For Buenos Aires: Confusion With Periods Of Elation – The UN Gets Ready To Celebrate.

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Hollywood Park - June 1938

Opening Day At Hollywood Park – June 9, 1938 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

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Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999)

March 8, 1999 – “Joltin’ Joe Has Left The Stadium” – Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999) – Final Curtain For Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)

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Nagano Olympics Hockey -1998

February 16, 1998 – A Blink From Baghdad – News From Nagano – Titanic #1 Nine Weeks In A Row

February 16, 1998 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 16, 1998 – Busy news day – starting with news from Baghdad about the ongoing flap over weapons inspections. More balking from Sadaam Hussein and…

Auschwitz Concentration Camp

January 27, 1995 – Remembering Auschwitz – Explaining A Balanced Budget – The Barney Frank Kerfuffle – A 14 Year Old Venus Williams

January 27, 1995 – All Things Considered – National Public Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 27, 1995 – A day of contrasts – from the goings on in Congress and Capitol Hill to the Tennis Courts in…