"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
20 years ago today it was the eve of Election 2000. Considered too close to call even the day before – polls were calling it even, giving George Bush a 4 point lead, Gore a 4 point lead – everyone put in a margin-of-error at 6 points. Poll workers were...
May 22, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 22, 1987 – a day of mixed messages. Memorial services were being held this day for the personnel killed aboard the USS Stark when it was attacked by Iraqi missiles in the Persian gulf earlier...
April 9, 1980 – CBS News – Newsbreak – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 9, 1980 – Another complicated day in relations between Tehran and Washington. Today it was the threat that the hostages at the American Embassy in Tehran were to be executed...
January 18, 1991 – CBS World News Roundup – CBS News Updates – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 18, 1991 – With news flashing across TV screens and radios that Operation Desert Storm had begun, this day was the first full day of action in what would eventually lead...
December 20, 2002 – NPR – All Things Considered – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 20, 2002 – Another day, another scandal on Capitol Hill. This time the recipient was Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss.) who, despite his adamance about staying on, announced he would be stepping down as Senate...
August 9, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 9, 1990. Inching ever-closer to a confrontation with Baghdad, U.S. troops were arriving in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to begin deployment and training for what would inevitably be known as Desert Storm. So far, 5,000 U.S. troops...
April 17, 2006 – CBS Weekend Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 17, 2006 – A Sunday 11 years ago. And a day to look back at the events of the week. On this particular week it was the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, accused conspirator in the deadly...
August 24, 1990 – Gulf Crisis Update + CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 24, 1990 – News for this day continued with bulletins and updates. The Crisis in the Gulf was heating up by the hour. Embargo’s were in place and reserves were being...
August 16, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this August 16, 1990 was about the brewing confrontation over the Iraq invasion of Kuwait. Complications, overtures and Military options were all on the table, happening seemingly simultaneously. The issue at the moment was...
August 5, 1990 – ABC Information Network News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 5, 1990 – unsettling news this day. The ongoing attempted overthrow in Liberia of the government of President Samuel Doe and the outbreak of Civil War, prompted President Bush to order the evacuation of all...
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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