Past Daily: A Sound Archive of News, History, Music
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Past Daily: A Sound Archive of News, History, Music
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May 16, 1940 – President Roosevelt: Message To Congress
May 16, 1940 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt – Address To Joint Session Of Congress – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 16, 1940 – An ominous address, made more ominous by news that, just two days before, it…
President’s Day: Woodrow Wilson – The Tariff – 1912 – Past Daily: Presidents Being Presidential
President Woodrow Wilson – The Tariff – Recorded Sept. 24, 1912 – 1912 Campaign addresses – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In honor of Presidents Day, and maybe a President who doesn’t spring instantly to mind as one of the top…
December 29, 1978 – Ominous Signs From Tehran – The Shah Makes A Move
News for this day in history, as it unfolds. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original newscast from Dec. 29, 1978
October 27, 2002 – State Of Siege – The Moscow Hostage Drama
October 27, 2002 – BBC World Service – Radio Moscow World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 27, 2002 – news for this was about the end of a three-day hostage ordeal in Moscow. An estimated 40 to…
September 4,1939 – Calling Reserves – Filling Sandbags – Europe At War
September 4, 1939 – News from BBC Home Service- 9:15 am – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 4, 1939 – As the news sank in that Europe was now in a state of War, reports of the first sinking…
April 19, 1997 – Homegrown Terrorism Two Years On – Leary Takes A Trip
April 19, 1997 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 19, 1997 – a day still fresh in most peoples memories – the day terrorism arrived with a homegrown face. The Federal Building in Oklahoma City…
April 17, 2006 – Finger Pointing And Courtroom Madness
April 17, 2006 – CBS Weekend Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 17, 2006 – A Sunday 11 years ago. And a day to look back at the events of the week. On this particular week it was…
Rudolf Firkusny, Eudice Shapiro And Leonard Rose At The 1964 Stratford Shakespearean Festival – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Rudolf Firkusny, Eudice Shapiro, Leonard Rose and guests – 1964 Shakespearean Music Festival – CBC Transcription Service A historic festival appearance this week. The 1964 Stratford Shakespearean Music Festival in Canada, featuring a stellar ensemble of soloists, headed up by…
Greece – Spiral Of Ruin 1948 – Past Daily Reference Room
Greece in chaos – Talk by Eugene Clay Special Envoy to Greece – February 4, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Greece was in a state of uproar and chaos, and had been for several years. Fighting both the…