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While the saber-rattling continued to ramp up in the Middle East over Iraq and its invasion of Kuwait, this November 25th in 1990, there was more going on in other areas of the region. An incident on the Egyptian-Israeli border, where a border guard was arrested on suspicion of firing...
Patrons get freebies – like this news broadcast: Become a Patron! For the week ending on October 2nd in 1976, it was a busy flurry of news. Starting with the adjournment of the 94th Congress and assessments, blame and praise handed out to anyone willing to analyze. President Ford was...
April 2, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 2, 1988 – A busy news day and not all of it was happening at home. Starting with news from Panama about dictator Manuel Noriega and considerations over stepping up pressure on the Military strongman...
February 28, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup -The World Tonight – Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 28, 1980 – 1980 seemed to have been The Year Of The Hostage, by the looks of the first few months. No sooner were we getting used to the...
January 11, 1999 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 11, 1999 – A day with a lot of news going for it. Between pending Impeachment trials and saber rattling from Iraq there was enough to keep just about everyone occupied, at least for a...
January 1, 1989 – CBS Radio – Where We Stand 1989 – Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 1, 1989 – As the world slowly rolled out of bed, partly hung-over, partly staring at just another day, it was clear we were heading into the last...
December 26, 1986 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 26, 1986 – You would think that, during the holidays, violence, mayhem, tragedy and hostage dramas would take the day off. But no, seems the best time as ever to stage something harrowing or dramatic...
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...
Newsfront – Discussion on The Wolfenden Report – November 16, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 16, 1969 – News for this day, from the NET Nightly program Newsfront, was mostly devoted to recent changes in British Law legalizing Homosexuality. Based on findings from The Wolfenden Report, the...
November 17, 1990 -CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 17, 1980 – President George H.W. Bush goes on tour of Europe and pays a visit to the troops in the Persian Gulf. On this day, he traveled to Czechoslovakia to visit with President Vaclav Havel...
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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