October 23, 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: War Footing
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October 16, 1964 – An Absence Of Nikita – Shakeup In The Kremlin
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Cream In Concert From Detroit 1967 (RIP Ginger Baker – 1939-2019) – Past Daily Backstage Weekend Update: Tribute Edition
Become a Patron! Hearing the sad news today of the passing of legendary Drummer Ginger Baker – it’s further evidence 2019 has not been a good year for Music. Tributes have been pouring in all day, including this one via Pitchfork earlier this morning (October 6,2019): After days of being
October 2, 1976 – Pressing Flesh, Earl Butz And Women’s Little Drug And Alcohol Problem
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September 27, 1938 – “Because Of A Quarrel In A Faraway Country, Between People Of Whom We Know Nothing” – Neville Chamberlain
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August 20, 2004 – A Town Called Najaf – The View From Athens.
August 20, 2004 – BBC Radio 4 Today Program News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! August 20, 2004 – The news was from Najaf in Iraq this day. The Battle of Najaf was fought between United States and Iraqi forces on one side and the Islamist
Our latest Podcast Is Up And Running! – Week Of July 23rd – Past Daily’s Thousand Yard Stare
Or click on the link right here: Past Daily’s Thousand Yard Stare – for the week of July 23, 2018 As most of you know by now, we’ve begun a podcast version of Past Daily – it’s Past Daily Lite, or the Cliffnotes version of what you get here every
Brott Conducts Brott – Sea To Sea 1947 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
h Alexander Brott – Sea To Sea – 1947 World Premier recording – Brott With Montreal Symphony – CBC Transcription Service – Back up to Canada this week for a world premier recording of Sea to Sea by the much loved Canadian composer and Conductor Alexander Brott, who leads the
The Day Everybody Wanted To Be John Glenn – Feb. 20, 1962 – RIP: John Glenn (1921-2016)
John Glenn – Flight of Friendship 7 – February 20, 1962 – Hour 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – John Glenn – Flight of Friendship 7 – February 20, 1962 – Hour 2 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – John Glenn – Flight of Friendship 7 – February 20,
November 21, 1990 – Signing On The Dotted Line – The Paris Summit Ends
November 21, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 21, 1990 – The day that signaled the end of the Paris Summit on European Security. With French President Francois Mitterrand signing the unanimously adopted document, the three-day Summit came to a historic close. The