Tag: United States
Iraq: The Itchy Trigger Finger – March 19, 2003
– NPR News On The Hour – March 19, 2003 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day in 2003 had much to do with the impending invasion of Iraq and the last minute attempts at staving off the inevitable. Even though a number of UN Members of the
Paranoia In The Age Of Anxiety – Operation Alert – 1959 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
– Operation Alert 1959 – Conelrad Emergency Broadcast – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If the Cold War period wasn’t frightening enough for the average person, with daily news reports of tensions and takeovers and thinly-veiled threats, there was the extra added bonus of having to deal with the almost constant
View From Tunisia – View From The Bowling Alley – March 18, 1958
Become a Subscriber via Patreon: Become a Patron! – NBC Radio News – Life and The World – March 18, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News on this day in 1958 was something of a mixed bag, at least from mainstream media’s point of view. Word from North
LBJ Addresses Congress – Voting Rights Act Of 1965 – March 15, 1965
Become a Patron! – President Johnson – Address to Congress – Voting Rights Act – March 15, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With a legacy started by President Kennedy, and beginning with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, President Johnson began his first official term of office by
National Farm Day – 1941 – FDR, Henry Wallace, Claude Wickard – March 8, 1941
Check us out for 7 days free: Become a Patron! – Pres. Roosevelt, vice-President Wallace, Sec. of Agriculture Claude Wickard – Farm Day 1941 – March 8, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection March 8, 1941 marked the 2nd annual National Farm Day. To commemorate the event, President Roosevelt,vice-President Henry
Cold War: “This Is Moscow Calling . . .” – March 7, 1947
– Radio Moscow – News from Moscow to America – March 7, 1947 – One of the constants during the Cold War period was the War of Words waged between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. This broadcast, from Radio Moscow on March 7, 1947 is no different. Featuring news
March 5, 1945 – Edward Stettinius And The United Nations – The Chapultepec Conference
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the complete, original address from the Chapultepec Conference in Mexico City.
March 4, 1939 – 150th Anniversary Of Congress – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and give a listen to the actual addresses from March 4, 1939 in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Congress.
Statehood – A Hard Sell For Hawaii And Alaska – March 1, 1955
Coffee works and it works real good: – NBC Radio – Listen To Washington: Alaska-Hawaii Statehood Question – March 1, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It was a question on everybody’s minds for a very long time. Ever since Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867, the question