June 21, 1939 – Europe On The Brink – Parts Of A Larger Pressure
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Samuel Barber In Rehearsal With The Boston Symphony – 1951 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
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It’s 1981 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – You’re Determined To Find The Heart Of Saturday Night –
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Waving Sticks And Rubber Hoses In Bucharest – June 15, 1990
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June 14, 1962 – JFK And The Peace Corps – New Frontier Continued.
This day 59 years ago, the New Frontier was alive and well and girding up its optimistic loins for a crack at settling the world’s problems. Kennedy lost no time in actualizing his dream for a Peace Corps. Between his election and inauguration he ordered Sargent Shriver, his brother-in-law, to
Pink Fairies In Concert – 1971 – Past Daily Soundbooth
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Invasion Of Europe – June 6, 1944 – First Wave, First Bulletins
NBC-CBS Radio – Early reports of D-Day Invasion – June 6, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seventy years ago today – June 6, 1944, while most of America was still asleep, the Allies were busily engaged in the largest invasion in history. Planning for the operation began in 1943.
Charles Munch And Ruth Posselt With The Boston Symphony Rehearse Bloch And Haydn – 1951 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch,Cond. – Ruth Posselt, violin – March 21, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This week it’s the BSO under Music Director Charles Munch and the legendary American violinist Ruth Posselt in a rehearsal of Ernst Bloch‘s Baal Shem (Pictures of Hassidic Life
Bob Dylan On The Radio – 1962 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Birthday Edition
After devoting too many posts the past year on tributes for musicians who have passed away, it’s an absolute pleasure to post something of a celebration tonight. Hard to imagine, but Bob Dylan turns 80 today, May 24th. Not to belabor the point, but it really doesn’t seem that long
May 17, 1953 – U.S. Immigration Policy In 1953 – Past Daily Reference Room
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