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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– NBC News – June 29, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1970 had a lot to do with the promised withdrawal from Cambodia, two months after invading and setting off a domestic firestorm…
– CBS Radio News Update on Korean Crisis – June 27, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the hours ticked by, after the initial reports of a “we’re not playing around” invasion of South Korea by North Korea,…
Part 1: Part 2: While the landmark Supreme Court decision was being handed down regarding same sex marriage this day in 2015, here’s a reminder of just how far we’ve come as a society from where we were 52 years…
Report From The San Francisco Conference – June 16, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the San Francisco Conference just days away from closing, a charter was being drawn up for adoption, a new name was given and…
– June 7, 1947 – ABC Radio – News Of Tomorrow – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 7, 1947 – news for this day was about survival and about reconstruction. Secretary of State George Marshall was in Paris to…
– June 2, 1961 – JFK In Paris – reports – NBC News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 2, 1961 – It was the last day of a historic visit to France by President Kennedy and the First…
May 30, 1942 – Memorial Day. Ironic that it’s in the middle of World War 2, when remembrance of those who gave their lives fighting wars in the past are dealing with those who are giving their lives in the…
– 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…
While the war continued in the Pacific, efforts to establish a lasting and workable peace in Europe, which would eventually include those places currently embroiled in war, were slowly moving forward. On this May 26th in 1945, meetings were held…
– 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…