Gemini 7 Launches Into Space – December 4, 1965
– Launch of Gemini 7 – Dec. 4, 1965 – CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1965 marked the launch of Gemini 7 in what would be the longest manned space flight in U.S. history…
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Launch of Gemini 7 – Dec. 4, 1965 – CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1965 marked the launch of Gemini 7 in what would be the longest manned space flight in U.S. history…
– NBC Radio: Voices And Events – News for Week of November 28, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No picnic, this week in November of 1950. Starting off with an out-of-control bus on a mountain road in Colorado…
We could use the support: Become a Patron! Kicking off the week on a high note. One of my absolute favorites tonight. Sadly, not a complete concert, but enough to give you an idea of how Arthur Lee’s revival was…
– NBC Radio – Story Behind The Headlines – Palestine – 1948 – With the current escalation of violence over Gaza, casualties rising by the minute and a ground war underway, here’s a reminder that the entire region has been…
. – CBS Radio: Newsbreak + CBS Radio Hourly News – November 6, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When Iran underwent sweeping changes, starting in late 1978 and culminating in the exile (under the pretense of tests for Cancer)…
– CBS World News Roundup – November 3, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Berlin and Capitol Hill: For all intents and purposes, the start of a historic week, this November 3rd in 1989. Starting with the showdown on…
– The-OPen-Mind-Can-Fallout-Shelters-Save-Us-November-1961.mp3″>The Open Mind – Can Fallout Shelters Save Us? – November, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The 1950s and early 1960s. A time of anxiety, dread, fear and paranoia. Fear of a nuclear war – one that…
This day, 40 years ago we were busily invading the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada in what has been described as “A lovely little war”. Considered a threat to stability in the region, the small island was at the center…
– CBS World News Roundup – October 23, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 23rd in 1979 was a harbinger of things to come. On this day, The Shah of Iran arrived in New York…
You’d think, after over half a century, a subject like this would be a moot point. Problem recognized. Problem addressed. Problem solved. America prides itself on being anti-intellectual. But sadly, no. If anything, the problem has only become magnified, these…