Category Week In History

The Agitation Factor

November 12, 1941 – The Agitation Factor And The Russian Winter: The Eastern Front.

News of The World – NBC – Nov. 12, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1941 was enveloped in agitation and rejected diplomacy. Beginning with news the Finns had rejected (politely) a proposal by…

November 10, 1941 – Coming Holidays, Adamant Promises – Straining To Be Upbeat In Berlin.

– News Of The World – November 10, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the war raging in Europe this November 10th in 1941, the tell-tale signs that, even the German people were getting fed up with the…

November 9, 1987 – Extremists, Fanatics, Terrorists: Monday Morning Mayhem – The Wonder-World Of Detonated Devices.

– CBS World News Roundup – November 9, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ironically, November 9, 1987 landed on a Monday – and like many Mondays before and after, it was a day filled with drama, madness and…

Mario Cuomo

November 3, 1982 – Morning After A Mid-Term – Election 1982

November 3, 1982 – CBS World News Roundup – Newsbreak – 9:00 Network News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 3, 1982 – the Mid-Term elections and the morning after. Grinning from ear-to-ear and grinning and bearing it. To…

Soviet Troops Heading to the Front

October 28, 1941 – War Of Words – Navy Day And The Gathering Of Postures –

– News Of The World – October 28, 1941 – NBC- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 28th in 1941 had much to do with reaction to President Roosevelt’s speech during Navy Day celebrations the previous day.…

October 22, 1934 – President Roosevelt: Mobilization For Human Needs – Years Of Crisis

– President Franklin Roosevelt – Message for the 1934 Mobilization For Human Needs – Oct. 22, 1934 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1934 we were still in the grip of a Depression. Federal, State and Local governments were…

An Hour In The Life Of A City – Los Angeles: 9-10 am – November 26, 1979 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

– Geoff Edwards Show – November 26, 1979 – Looking around for events which occurred on this day in history, I ran across this tape of an hour’s worth of L.A. radio station KMPC, recorded between 9 and 10 in…

Ford - Nixon- Watergate

October 13, 1973 – A Bandaid For Watergate – Nixon Nominates Ford As VP.

– CBS Radio – The Washington Week – October 13, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Following the surprise announcement of President Nixon’s choice of Gerald Ford as his Number 2, all of Washington was going into overdrive with…

German Troops - October 1941

October 11, 1941 – All Grim On The Eastern Front – German Push To Moscow

October 11, 1941 – News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 11, 1941. Word from Berlin gave breathless accounts of major German advances toward Moscow. The Russian Army was being obliterated along…