News for April 9, 1940 News for this day in April, 1940 was wall-to-wall bulletins regarding the German invasion of Norway and Denmark. Starting in the early morning hours, news reports came filtering in via shortwave of “something going on at the Danish and Norwegian borders”. At first they were
American Forum Of The Air – July 9, 1950 – Do We Need A New Foreign Policy? – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. The endless debate on U.S. Foreign Policy, the political wrangling and the blind-sidedness – it would seem to be our legacy going back to the beginning of
Harry S. Truman – Address on Army Day 1946 – April 6, 1946 – April 6, 1946 – President Truman, addressing an assembled crowd in Chicago, celebrating Army Day 80 years ago. On this day in 1946, it was almost a year to the month the War in Europe came
It’s jail. Everybody gets busted, at least once. Rite of passage, you say – part of being on the planet, you say – part of being a kid, you say. You and your friends – one of you with a car. All of you plotting and scheming since Christmas to
– CBS Radio – The Hidden Revolution: The 20 hour Work Week with Edward R. Murrow – Dec. 17, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Lately, you hear people moaning about the bucolic days of the 1950s, wishing they were back – morals and all. In the 1950s, many people
April 1, 1979 – News – Bulletins – Carter Press Conference – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 1, 1979 – the situation at the 3 Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant had already gone into the history books as the worst Nuclear Power Plant accident in U.S.history. On this day,
Back to some basic, no-frills American Rock n’ Roll this afternoon. In 1977, Mushroom Records ran a full-page advertisement showing the bare-shouldered Wilson sisters (as on the Dreamboat Annie album cover) with the suggestive caption, “It was only our first time!” In an interview that appeared in the July 28,
March 31, 1971 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 31, 1971 – Lt. William Calley, convicted in the massacre of 22 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968 was handed the sentence on this day. The jury was given only one of two possibilities
1969-12-17 Dave Symonds BBC In Concert (Moody Blues) Most people have relegated The Moody Blues to a sort of caricature status in recent years – the epitome of the airey-faerie Hippy-love and tie-dye stereotype of the 60’s. Their music has been limited to the almost exclusive playing of Knights In
– NBC Radio – Don Hollenbeck And The News – News Of The World – March 27, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this March 27th in 1945 had mostly to do with rumors. Rumor a German surrender and VE Day was in the offing. Rumor the War
