Category Week In History

January 28, 1973 - Paris peace signing

January 28, 1973 – Vietnam War – At Long Last, Ceasefire.

January 28, 1973 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 28, 1973 – The first official day of what was hoped to be Peace in Vietnam. The accords were signed in Paris and a ceasefire went…

Somewhere between Borneo and Celebes.

January 27, 1942 – Showdown Between Borneo And Celebes- Japanese Army 30 Miles From Singapore – Pan-American Conference Concludes.

Fighting or talk of war going on seemingly all over the world, this January 27th in 1942. The Pacific between Borneo and Celebes was the scene of many fierce sea and air battles as the Battle of the Dutch East…

January 25,1976 – Gloomy, Gloomier, Supersonic

– The World This Week – CBS Radio – January 25, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 25, 1976 – and the end of another week of wild contrasts. The week began with a gloomy assessment of the…

Hostage Release

January 20, 1981 – Upstaging An Inauguration With A Hostage Release – All Eyes On The Tarmac In Tehran.

A busy day, this January 20th. While pre-Inaugural balls were going on in one part of Washington for the upcoming swearing-in of Ronald Reagan, negotiations were reaching a fevered pitch in the final hours of the Carter White House. And…

Lyndon Johnson

January 12, 1969 – The Lyndon Johnson Years – LBJ And America In The 60’s – Past Daily Reference Room

– NBC Radio – Second Sunday: The Johnson Years – January 12, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January in 1969 signified the end of one era and the beginning of another. Lyndon Johnson, declining to run for a…

Blizzard of '78

January 10, 1978 – Home, Sweet Frozen – The Blizzard Of ’78 –

– CBS World News Roundup – January 10, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this day in 1978 the news was all about the Arctic blast, freezing the country from East of the Rockies onwards. Proclaimed the worst…

January 3, 1948 – Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful – The Frigid East.

NBC News Of The World – January 3, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The big domestic news for this day was the weather. Snow blanketed the east coast, with downed power lines, stranded commuters, icy roads and frozen…

December 30, 1986 – Reagan And Gorbachev: No Deal, No Friendly New Year Greeting – Sour Summit

– CBS World News Roundup – December 30, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Only a year earlier, on December 30, 1985, President Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev exchanged warm New Years greetings and hopes for continued progress…

1953

1953 – A Republican In The White House – Communists Everywhere – Riots In East Berlin – Death In Moscow

– Voices and Events: 1953 – NBC Radio – Dec. 28, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – 1953; a world crammed with extremes. A war in Korea and an armistice, an inquisition on Capitol Hill and threats of Communist…

December 29, 1979 – Afghanistan: New Boss Minus Old Boss = Same Boss – Message From Kabul

– CBS World News Roundup – December 29, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Coming to the frustrating end of a baffling month in a perplexing decade, this December 29th in 1979 was winding up nowhere near hopeful and…