– News for September 18, 1939 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Today was not a good day to be in Poland, or Europe for that matter. September 18, 1939 was about the swift demise of Poland and the abrupt and baffling partnership struck between Russia
August 20, 1991 – The view from Moscow on this day was anything but settled. Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin spearheaded protests and the backlash against the Coup takeover of the Moscow government. The coup installed a leader, but support was faltering, and even the Army were defecting in large
August 19, 1991 – CBS Radio News – Special Report -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 19, 1991 was a shocking and ominous day for just about everyone, particularly if you were living in Moscow. A coup was underway; orchestrated by hardliners and some Military leaders who saw the Glasnost
– NBC News Of The World – August 15, 1941 – It was finally disclosed on this day in 1941 that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had concluded a three day summit meeting with President Roosevelt “somewhere at sea” around the previous Sunday to discuss the War in Europe and
– NBC Blue Network News Of The World – August 12, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this August 12th in 1941 was filled with reports of Air Raids over Europe. RAF Bombers were busy attacking Western Germany, while Soviet bombers were busy attacking Eastern Germany. Berlin
News for this April 23rd in 1942 was truly about a World consumed by war. From Russia came word that one of the B-25 bombers involved in the raid over Tokyo had been force-landed near Siberia and was being held by the Soviets (Russia hadn’t declared war on Japan yet,
– CBS World News Roundup – April 3, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Four months into the new decade – the last one of the 20th Century and the world was knee-deep in changes. On this April 3rd in 1990, news was about breakaway republics – most notably
– NBC Radio – News Of The World – March 26, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this March 26th in 1948 had much to do with the changing face of Europe and the ever-changing relations between East and West in the Post-War world after events in
– January 13, 1994 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 13, 1994 – the jury in the infamous Menendez Brothers murder trial couldn’t make a decision this day. The jury, which deliberated for days as to whether or not Erik, along with
December 27, 1979 – CBS Hourly News + Dan Rather: News And Comment – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 27, 1979 – With the crisis over the 50 American hostages, held captive in Tehran ramping up at the United Nations, the situation in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul was
