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UFO Sightings – A Sky Filled With Objects From Mt. Rainier To Roswell – July 3, 1947

– Sunoco Three-Star Extra with Lowell Thomas – July 3, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1947 had a lot to do with looking skyward. Reports from all over the country indicated sightings of brightly colored…

California Votes For Austerity: Prop 13 Becomes Law – June 8, 1978

– CBS News – June 8, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1978 was an interesting one if you lived in California. The Jarvis-Gann Initiative, or Prop 13 was passed by a landslide vote in the…

September 6, 1947 – Recovery From War – Gen. Marshall Has A Plan.

– Our Foreign Policy – The Marshall Plan – September 6, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The news on this day in September of 1947 found the world . . .pretty much as usual, sliding into a state…

Middle East

June 3, 1967 – Cities On Edge: Preview Of A Long, Hot Summer – Middle-East On The Brink – Vietnam With Numbing Regularity.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”14928″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”June 3, 1967 – ABC News Around The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Summer of 1967, though it was touted as The Summer Of Love, was anything but for this June 3rd. Rioting…

February 12, 1964 – Big Trouble In Little Cyprus

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”12595″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 12, 1964 – ABC News – WXYZ, Detroit – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Contrary to popular belief that the world changed in 1964, based on the happenings on The Ed Sullivan Show a…

March 3, 1941 – Signing Your Country’s Life Away – The Bulgaria Treaty.

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Vietnam - the turning point

July 19, 1965 – “Not Since Korea” – Vietnam Takes A Turn – Funeral For Adlai Stevenson

Or click on the Link: News for July 19, 1965 Become a Patron! In what was described by commanders in the field as the worst fighting since The Korean War, the war in Vietnam took a new and deadly turn,…

Common Market - 1962

Before It Was The EU It Was The Common Market – 1962 – Past Daily Reference Room

Common Market – Interviews and reports – BBC World Service – 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Before we had the European Union, we had The Common Market. Formed in 1957 and initially consisting of six European countries; France,…

Election Eve – Election Angst – November 6, 1978 In Manhattan

– WCBS-AM – News – November 6, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 6th was a Monday in 1978 – and aside from chasing the fog of hangover on a Monday morning, it was also the eve of…