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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Chamberlain – Sept. 24, 1938 The Crisis of 1938 – the dispute between Germany and Czechoslovakia over land claims by the Germans marked a significant change in what was going on in…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: BBC News – Sept. 19,1939 Seventeen days into the start of the War in Europe, news of the day was filled with reports of attacks, advances, retreats, threats, addresses, assertions, denials, and…
Click on the link here for audio player: Interviews with Refugees from China – Aug. 27, 1937 Seventy-five years ago today most people in the U.S. were listening to reports of the invasion of China by Japan and hearing first-hand…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”4355″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”August 24, 1939 – News from Paris Mondial – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] August 24, 1939 – News of this day – and depending on where you were, it was either August 24th or…
Click on the link here for audio player: News for August 15, 1941 It was finally disclosed on this day in 1941 that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had concluded a three day summit meeting with President Roosevelt “somewhere at…
Click on the link here for audio player: VJ Day – Aug. 14, 1945 A very busy day in history, August 14th. In 1935 there was the signing of the Social Security Act and in 1945 it was the end…
Click on the link here for audio player: FDR Democratic Convention – 1940 After much consideration and speculation, President Roosevelt decided to run for a third term in 1940. Addressing the convention via radio from the White House, Roosevelt outlined…
Clink on the link here for Audio player: News for August 8, 1941 News for August 8, 1941 focused on the War in East with reports of German advances 130 miles into The Ukraine. Depending on who gave the accounts,…
Even though the most horrific event of the 20th Century had taken place many hours earlier, no word of it having taken place was mentioned. August 6th, 1945 was seemingly just another day in World War 2 as far as…
Click on the audio player here: News for July 31, 1940 As the Nation’s Capitol sweltered for its thirteenth consecutive day, this July 31st in 1940, the news was appropriately sparse and the events were comparatively few. Starting with news…