[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”23727″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 7, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] With 4 weeks to go, the 1980 Presidential campaign was in the home stretch. On this October 7,1980, the polls were all over the place and the candidates were in high
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”48001″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 3, 1980 – CBS 9:00 am News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] A little goes a long way: December 3, 1980 – A busy day for Poland and new word for the rest of the world to learn: Solidarity. Begun as a trade
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”46155″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”August 23, 1980 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] August 23, 1980 – Gdansk – a name that would figure prominently in the 1980s. Polish workers at shipyards in the port city of Gdansk were on strike for the 11th day,
News for this day in history – Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Afghanistan, the 50 American hostages in Tehran, the Polish issue. All happening on this day in 1980. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original newscast from this day.
March 14,1983 – CBS World News Roundup – Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 14,1983 – Busy news day. In London, OPEC Ministers were gathering in the hopes of coming up with a benchmark oil price of $29.00 a barrel and new production quotas. Of the 13
August 31, 1982 – ABC World News This Morning – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 31, 1982 – A day filled with the usual strife and the familiar struggle. But also a day which would have far reaching consequences in how we listened to music. Israeli fighter jets
August 1, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 1, 1981 – a day of looming disruption and discontent. With conclusion of an all-nighter on Capitol Hill, House and Senate conferees finally agreed on a Tax Bill. Over 17 hours of negotiations, the House/Senate
June 2, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup + CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 2, 1981 – The day started with news that a hostage situation was finally over at a nursing home in New Haven, Connecticut. The gunman, Dominic Giordano was looking for
May 19, 1989 – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 19, 1989 – a day of increased tensions and confrontation. Students gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to protest the hardline regime and push for dramatic political reforms in China. As the protests continued, the movement gained
