August 10, 1979 – CBS Radio: The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 10, 1979 – News of shakeups and rearranging at the Carter White House this day. The controversy over President Carter‘s Cabinet changes finally simmered down, and the shakeup of the White House Staff was
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
August 8, 1988 – BBC World Service News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 8, 1988 – A day where fingers were crossed at the UN – Secretary General Perez de Cuéllar expressed hopes that a date for a ceasefire in the almost-decade-long Iran-Iraq War would be announced by
Robert McNamara News Conference – August 6, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara held a news conference on August 6, 1964 to update news media on the rapidly-escalating situation in Vietnam. After the initial incident, and U.S. retaliation, there were no reports of additional
August 2, 1986 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 2, 1986 – After three days of questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee, William Rehnquist had been successfully approved as Chief Justice of the United States. In the end, it was a weary Utah Senator
August 1, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 1, 2000 – The Republican Convention was in full swing on this day. Inside was a parade of war heroes and confetti. Outside was a parade of teargas and mounted police. On this
July 29, 1974 – CBS Radio – Judiciary Impeachment Hearings Report: Day 5 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 29, 1974 – As the Senate Judiciary Impeachment Hearings continued, and as each article of Impeachment was voted on, the initial fear, agony and sadness over passage of the first
July 31, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 31, 1987 – A day full of activity, from the White House to Mexico City. Starting off with news of a horrific plane crash in Mexico city. A 1940s vintage Cargo Plane, carrying Show Horses
Ernest Chausson – Poème de l’ammour et de la mer – Jean-Christophe Benoit, Bariton – ORTF Chamber Orchestra, André Girard, cond. – ORTF Radio broadcast – 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A familiar name this week; Ernest Chausson has been widely regarded as one of the key French
Miles Davis – Live at L’Olympia, Paris – March 21, 1960 – Radio France – Miles Davis this weekend. One of the most influential and popular Jazz artists of the 20th century, and probably one of the most well documented. Practically every live recording, session outtake or interview has been
