January 9, 1973 – New Orleans Snipers And Paris Peace Talks
News of this day in 1973. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original newscast from January 9, 1973
Category: Violence
A History Of Wringing Hands – Mass Shootings In America 1991-2016 – Past Daily Reference Room
Mass Killings – news reports – Sandy Hook, Columbine, Orlando, Oklahoma, San Bernardino – 1991-2016 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the news reports and bulletins continue to pour in over the latest mass shooting, the questions and the hand-wringing begin. The mantra of Gun legislation Now and the
October 2, 2017 – Is This How It Ends? Reflections On Las Vegas.
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
Heaven 17 (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang – 1981 – Past Daily Nights At The Round Table
Heaven 17 – (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang – 1981 – Virgin Records Heaven 17 – still around – still gigging. But in 1981 they released this song and they made it clear that, like so many felt at the time, the state of the world was going
America’s Little Dope Problem – 1951 – Narcotics In The 1950s – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – Narcotics – July 15, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Americas love affair with all things illegal, immoral or fattening. We all think drugs were a 60s thing and that any reference to narcotics was something vaguely heard about, mostly in reference to
June 22, 1981 – A Strike Averted, A Murderer Caught, A Plea Changed
June 22, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 22, 1981 – A busy news day. Starting with word that the anticipated Air Traffic Controllers Strike had been averted. The Strike, which was planned to start this morning, had been postponed
This. . .Is The Place – The Manchester Vigil – May 23, 2017
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 20, 1992 – Vigils, Protestors, Pileups
April 20, 1992 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 20, 1992 – A busy days for vigils, protests, car accidents and observances. After exhausting all appeals, convicted killer Robert Alton Harris was spending the day saying goodbyes before heading down to the Death Watch
April 13, 1995 – “A Jury So Divided, They Couldn’t Agree On What Movie To Watch”.
April 13, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 13, 1995 – Another day in the infamous OJ Simpson “Trial of the Century“. This time it was the jury acting up. Dismissed Juror Jeanette Harris told reporters that the sequestered OJ Simpson Jury is
April 12, 1947 – “We’re Settling Down For A Long Strike”.
April 12, 1947 – Alka-Seltzer News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 12, 1947 – Strikes and strife. The Telephone Operators Union was going on strike, and union officials promised it would be a long one. Telephone Operators in 1947 were crucial to communication between people