Category: Week In History

April 9, 1994 – Meanwhile . . .Back In Kigali – A Nightmare Called Rwanda.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”13618″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 9, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] CBS World News Roundup – April 9, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection While news for this day in 1994 focused on Shuttle Endeavor, President Clinton’s Healthcare Bill and the situation

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Pentagon Pressure over Vietnam

April 8, 1975 – The Bleed-Out – Pressure From The Pentagon Over Vietnam

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”20573″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 8, 1975 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] As the situation in Vietnam went from bad to worse to hopeless – the Pentagon was pressuring The White House to pressure Capitol Hill  to provide $ 1/2 Billion in immediate Military

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April 7, 1996 – The Taking Of Ted the Hermit – Capturing The Unabomber.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”13586″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 7, 1996 – ABC World News This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] It just so happened, April 7th in 1996 was a Sunday. It was also Easter Sunday. It was also the first day of Daylight Savings Time. But that didn’t stop

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Dubrovnik Tragedy

April 6, 1996 – Tragedy At Dubrovnik – Death Of Ron Brown – The Freemen Standoff

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”20535″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 6, 1996 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] A somber weekend – the bodies of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and 32 associates were flown back to Washington from Dubrovnik Croatia where Brown’s plane crashed, killing all on board. President

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March 24, 1994 – In A Heartbeat – Assassination Of A Candidate

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”13339″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 25, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this day, twenty years ago had much to do with shock and horror surrounding the assassination of Mexican Presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, gunned down while celebrating an election

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Missiles in March

March 19, 1985 – World Full Of Missiles – Pockets Full Of Empty –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”20254″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 19, 1985 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] March 19th 1985 was about nuclear weapons, MX Missiles, Geneva Arms talks. East-West relations, saber-rattling and words. On this day the first of two Senate votes was scheduled to take place

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Honduras

March 17, 1988 – Invading Honduras: Is This Trip Necessary?

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”13233″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 17, 1988 – Hourly News – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] This St. Patrick’s Day in 1988 was greeted with news of another military incursion in Central America – this time it was Honduras with 3,500 U.S. troops busily swarming ashore

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