– CBS World News Roundup – September 14, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 14, 1985 – a day where both pessimism and promise were running neck and neck. The pessimistic part came with news of the successful testing of an anti-nuclear weapon against a target in space.
– News from BBC World Service – Polish Radio – German Radio – August 23-24, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It was huge, impossible news for August 23rd in 1939. And shock waves reverberated all over the world for days after. The Pact, negotiated since June of 1939,
– Continuous News Reports – August 21, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When a coup, staged by hardliners, threatened to topple the Soviet Government of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, the world held its collective breath as news unfolded by the hour. While news reports kept coming in
– CBS Radio News – August 21, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 21, 1979 – dog days of Summer, no matter when. On this dog day of Summer in 1979, President Carter was taking a working vacation on a riverboat down the Mississippi, stopping along the way
– CBS World News Roundup – July 23, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another unstable day for Planet Earth, this July 23rd in 1965. With briefings continuing at the White House over Defense Secretary Robert McNamara‘s fact-finding tour of Vietnam, there was continuing concern over our escalating role
– ABC Information News – July 8, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News on this July 8th in 1990, held a disturbing indication of things to come. But at the time, attention was focused on Louisiana, as the State Senate voted for the third and last time
– CBS World News Roundup – July 3, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Two important events for this July 3rd in 1989. First, the passing of longtime symbol of the Cold War and face of the Soviet Union, Andrè Gromyko was announced in Moscow that morning. Gromyko, who
. . .CBS World News Roundup – July 1, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Starting July off with a bang in 1991. Beginning with a list of base closures from The Pentagon, guaranteed to make a lot of people upset while the Military establishment shrank. Among the list
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. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – WOR-Mutual Broadcast Day 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – May 7, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Depending on where you were and who you were listening to, the Surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies took
