Bargaining Chips – March 6, 1990
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 6, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this March 6th in 1990 had much to do with the atmosphere of change and what…
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Past Daily: A Sound Archive of News, History, Music
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Tag World War II
Eisenhower In India – Dec. 11, 1959 – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Eisenhower in India – December 11, 1959 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Late in 1959, President Eisenhower embarked on a goodwill tour, visiting some eleven countries which…
The Matter Of Algeria – 1960 – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC – The Nations Future: The Algerian Conflict – December 3, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the 60s got underway, a way of Independence movements swept throughout Africa. One…
Veteran’s Day – Armistice Day – Pres. Warren Harding On Return Of War Dead – 1921
As a reminder that November 11th was originally designated Armistice Day, because that was the day the fighting stopped in World War 1. At the time, it was the costliest, most horrific war in recorded history – one that achieved…
Hell Rendered: Designated Bosnia – September 5, 1995
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR News – September 5, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On this September 5th the world is holding it’s collective breath. On September 5th in 1995 the world was…
A Festival Of Selective Amnesia – August 28, 1949
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Voices And Events for the week ending August 28, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for the week ending on this August 28th in 1949 had much to do with…
Another Day Teetering On The Brink – August 27, 1939
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC News And News from EIAR, Rome – August 27, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day in 1939, to a degree, resembles this day in 2013. Perhaps not as…
America Goes Wild – August 14, 1945
Click on the link here for Audio Player – VJ Day celebrations – continuing – NBC Radio – August 14, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection After days of waiting, false reports, rumors, fits and starts, Japan finally agreed to…
Aftermath From The Day The Sun Rose Twice – August 7, 1945
Click on the link here for Audio Player: CBS World New Roundup – August 7, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News on this August 7th in 1945 was about the event that had taken place less than 24 hours…
Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop – August 1, 1945
Click on the link here for Audio Player: BBC World Service – London Column – Aug. 1, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection While the war was still raging in the Pacific, the war was over in Europe. And the…