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Heating Up The Falklands – May 21, 1982

Click on the link here for Audio Player: The ongoing crisis over The Falkland Islands ratcheted up a few more notches, this May 21st in 1982. With British Special Forces landing, and more expected before nightfall, Argentina…

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May 21, 2013

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May 16, 1958 : Vice-president Nixon In South America – Having An Entire Continent Despise You.

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News on this day in 1958 had to do with the aftermath of the disastrous visit by vice-President Nixon to South America. In each of the stops on this State…

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May 16, 2013

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May 7, 1954 – And Then There Was Dien Bien Phu – End Of One Chapter, Beginning Of Another.

Become a Patron! Since most mainstream media will be focusing on the end of the War in Europe in 1945, May 7th also marks another anniversary; one that had far-reaching consequences during the years and decades directly following it. The…

1981, Capitol Hill, Civil War, Cold War, Communists, Congress, Day in history, Foreign Policy, Israel, Libya, Middle East, Northern Ireland, Past Daily, Protest Movements, Radio, Riots, Social Commentary, Society, Solidarity, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, United Nations, Vintage Recordings, Violence, War, World News

May 6, 1981 – Bobby Sands: When The Hunger Strike Goes Very Wrong.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”8157″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”May 6, 1981 – News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Not so much a cause for alarm, an ominous glimpse of things to come or a cautionary tale, but rather a…

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May 6, 2013

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The Short Fuse Called Palestine – May 3, 1946

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for this particular May 3rd in 1946 was about the Middle East, primarily the area of Palestine. And the news wasn’t good. With tensions between Arabs and Jews mounting,…

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May 3, 2013

1960's, 1990s, Capitol Hill, Congress, Corruption, Day in history, Foreign Policy, NPR, Past Daily, Social Commentary, Society, Uncategorized, United Nations, World News

Whitewater And Former Black Panthers – May 1, 1998

Clink on the link here for Audio Player: A day loaded with contrasts, this May 1st in 1998. The Whitewater Scandal and the relentless pursuit by Kenneth Starr of the Clinton White House. Former Assistant Attorney General Webster…

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May 2, 2013

1980's, Capitol Hill, Civil War, Cold War, Communists, Congress, Corruption, Day in history, Egypt, Elections, Iran, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Margaret Thatcher, Middle East, Past Daily, Politics, Radio, Reagan Years, Scandals, Social Commentary, Society, Soviet Union, Spaceflight, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, United Nations, Vintage Recordings, Violence, War

Day 159 And Rumors Of Nude Congressmen – April 10, 1980

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for April 10, 1980 Another haywire day, this April 10th, in 1980. With news that the expelled Iranian diplomats were given a hero’s welcome on their return to Tehran was just…

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April 10, 2013

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Springtime In Salonika – March 21, 1947

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for March 21, 1947 News for this first day of Spring in 1947 bears an eerie similarity to news today. This day in 1947 it was about the economic crisis spreading…

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March 21, 2013

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Cold War Tinderbox – March 19, 1948

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for March 19, 1948 Characterized as a tinderbox by the State Department, Turkey, Italy, Greece and the Balkan region were hot in the grips of rioting on this March 19th in…

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March 19, 2013

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A Delicate Balance – March 14, 1948 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News Commentary for March 14, 1948 News on this March 14th in 1948 came by way of commentary on the Marshall Plan for reconstruction of Europe. Branded by some as an unwarranted…

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March 14, 2013