Forgive me for stepping outside my usual role of posting news of the past and reminding you of what you may have missed. The events that are unfolding in Las Vegas; the deadly mass killing of concertgoers to the last night of a Country Music Festival, are disturbing and horrifying
June 14, 1977 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 14, 1977 – a relatively calm day in 1977. News began with talk about Jimmy Carters Budget proposal for Fiscal Year 1979 as well as his assessment of the unemployment situation. The President was slated
Tony Walsh – This . . .Is The Place – Poem given at Manchester Bombing vigil – May 23, 2017 – BBC5 Live – Much as Past Daily is devoted to history and events of the past, sometimes the events of the present make you stop and leave you with
April 19, 1997 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 19, 1997 – a day still fresh in most peoples memories – the day terrorism arrived with a homegrown face. The Federal Building in Oklahoma City was scene of the worst act of domestic terrorism in
April 17, 2006 – CBS Weekend Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 17, 2006 – A Sunday 11 years ago. And a day to look back at the events of the week. On this particular week it was the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, accused conspirator in the deadly
January 11, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 11, 1988 – news for this day began with word from Wall Street, and the wild ride it had been taking in previous days. Losing as much as 140 points before the close on Friday,
October 31, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup; Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 31, 2000. In what was determined to be the third deadliest aircrash on Taiwanese soil, Singapore Airlines flight 006 crashed on takeoff, killing some 83 out of 179 passengers and seriously injuring 39.
September 23, 1940 – FBI Director J.Edgar Hoover addressed a meeting of The American Legion in Boston on this day. An avid anti-Communist, Hoover warned of the sneaking influence of Communist and Fascist elements threatening to flood the country. In 1940 there was the somewhat unholy alliance between Hitler and
September 20, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup – NPR Special Coverage: President Bush – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 20, 2001 – The Age of Anxiety. Fifteen years ago and not that many days since the fateful events had unfolded in New York. But in those few short
August 26, 1986 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 26, 30 years ago today – A seismic and Volcanic surprise in the African nation of Cameroon – one of the rare volcanos situation under a lake, erupted and spewed lethal carbon dioxide gas and
