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We can use the support: Become a Patron! News for this October 8th in 1941 had much to do with events taking place in Eastern Europe. The German push into Russia and the fierce fighting taking place all up and down the Eastern Front. Both sides were claiming gains, while...
Become a Patron! News for this day in 1941 was ominous but not unexpected. Bulgaria, reeling under the oppressive weight of the Nazi Government, relented and signed a Tripartite Treaty (i.e. surrender) to Germany, thus bringing one more country under the influence/domination of Berlin. Radio Berlin was reported to have...
February 22, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 22, 1942. With eyes on the Pacific, this Sunday morning in 1942. News from The Dutch East Indies of fighting in and around Java, Japanese invasions around Bali. With Dutch and American Naval and Air...
November 9, 1941 – War News Roundup – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 9, 1941 – Two years into the War in Europe, the boasts that Germany would see an end to fighting and be the victors by Christmas were fading quickly. In some quarters,...
September 14, 1941 – News Of The World – Sunday News – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 14, 1941 – War news dominated the stories on this September 14, 1941. A Sunday, the broadcasts were filled with stories and reports from the previous week in...
The Jam – In Concert at Golders Green – December 19, 1981 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – The Jam in concert tonight. One of the bands that epitomized Punk and Mod revival, The Jam were huge throughout the UK and the rest of Europe....
On this September 10th in 1941, beyond the news of the War in Europe – the sinking of the U.S. Freighter Steel Seafarer in the Suez Canal, the claims and counter claims of air raids over Germany and Britain, the progress along the Eastern Front and the successes of General...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – News Of The World – August 28, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the war dragged on in Europe, and as the U.S. was inching closer to joining in, the news from France reported Vichy Prime Minister Pierre Laval –...
News for this July 17th in 1940 was unsettling. Maybe not, if you weren’t paying any attention to the goings on to the East or West of you. Summer was shaping up to one word; ominous An incident in Shanghai involving Japanese police and U.S. Marines didn’t bode well for...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – News for July 8, 1941 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this July 8th in 1941 had much to do with what was going on with the Allies and how much closer the U.S. was getting...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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