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It was sixty-nine years ago this Memorial Day that President Eisenhower officially proclaimed Memorial Day to be a National Day of Remembrance. A day of remembrance for those who fell at the end of the Civil War, the day has come to symbolize a time of remembrance to those Americans
– ABC News Of Tomorrow – May 27, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Some people may find it strange and unbelievable that, as late as 1947 the subject of Lynching and introducing anti-Lynching Laws was still very much a debated issue. That previous attempts at introducing laws to
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– NBC News Of The World – May 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this May 23rd 1945 had much to do with the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the call for Parliamentary elections to take place in July. It was speculated Churchill
May 20, 1942; potentially a pivotal day in the history of World War 2. The Russian Army, led by Marshal Semen Timoshenko scored a decisive victory in the battle of Kharkov, which could prove to be a tipping point of the war on the Eastern Front. Speculation that this would
– May 16, 1938 – Radio Prague News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 16, 1938 – It didn’t seem so ominous at the time, but news from Prague over the situation in Czechoslovakia was becoming one of concern throughout Europe. The issue of lands under Czech control which
– News Feeds From Moscow – May 9, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even after the initial surrender documents had been signed on May 6, Moscow was slow to respond to the news that the War in Europe was in fact, over. But finally, in the early hours of
Ambassador Kamil Abdul Rahim – Meet The Press – November 25, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Middle East. Going from simmering stew of discontent to a boiling pot of rage. The issue was around The Suez Canal and continued control of the waterway by Great Britain and
