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America The Violent – 1969 – Past Daily Reference Room

– America The Violent-1969 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Perhaps not as bad as it is now, but violence seems to be just as integral a part of American society as the automobile. The question has…

September 20, 1994 – A Photo-Op In Haiti – The Return Of Aristide.

News For September 20, 1994 – NPR Morning Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For September 20, 1994 the news was about U.S. troops landing in Haiti and the removal of one government, headed up by Military strongman Raoul…

1918 Influenza Pandemic

The Great Radio Documentaries – “Asian Flu Comes To America” – 1957 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

The world on September 19th in 1957 was awash with 104 degree fevers, paralyzed with aching muscles and joints, throwing up just about everything everyone ate the past year and it was only getting worse. 1957 was The Year Of…

Out Of The Kitchen And Into The Street – Women’s Equality Day – August 26, 1970

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Re-cap of Days activities – Women’s Equality Day – August 26, 1970 – WBAI, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day had to do with the celebration of…

Medicare And Mayhem – August 21, 1983

Click on the link here for Audio Player:  CBS Radio – Face The Nation + Hourly News – August 21, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day of stark contrasts from opposite sides of the world, this August 21st…

Motorhead – Live At The Paris Theater – 1979 – Nights At The Roundtable: Mini-Concert (Get Well Lemmy) Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Motorhead – Live at The Paris Theater – May 16, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert With the news earlier this month of the abrupt cancellation of Motorhead‘s Summer tour, owing…