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The Incredible Century, Vol. II
1953-1969
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Gordon Skene Sound Collection
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Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1953 to 1969. This volume includes the following:
1. Atomic Bomb Testing Continues – 3/17/53
2. Coronation Of Queen Elizabeth II Of Great Britain – 6/2/53
3. Julius And Ethel Rosenberg Are Denied Clemency – 6/19/53
4. President Dwight D. Eisenhower Officially Announces End To Korean Conflict – 7/27/53
5. Author Ray Bradbury Provides More Positive Outlook On Future Than His Book 'Farenheit 451' Suggests – 1954 (recorded 1958)
6. President Dwight D. Eisenhower Assures There Will Be Further Development Of Polio Vaccine – 2/23/54
7. Congressmen Provide Conflicting Viewpoints On School Desegregation – 5/17/54
8. Senator Joseph McCarthy Presides At House Un-American Activities Commottee Hearings – 6/9/54
9. New York Giants Manager Leo Durocher States Strong Leadership Is A Baseball Team's Top Asset - 1954
10. Author Ernest Hemingway Delivers Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech – 12/10/54
11. Cleveland Disc Jockey Alan Freed At The Top Of His Form Hosting 'The Moondog Show' - 1954
12. Ensure Your Safety With The Purchase Of This Nuclear Survival Course Course Record Album. - 1954
13. James Dean Discusses His Craft On The Set Of 'Rebel Without A Cause' -1954
14. Music Experts Squabble Over Meaning Of Rock 'n' Roll – 7/56
15. Yankees Pitcher Don Larsen Delivers His First 'Perfect Game' In World Series History – 10/8/56
16. Hungarian Revolt Crushed By Soviets – 10/23/56
17. What Do We Know About Cuban Revolutionary Fidel Castro? – 5/3/57
18. Althea Gibson Became The First Black Athlete To Win Wimbeldon Tennis Championship. – 7/6/57
19. President Dwight D. Eisenhower Denounces Arkansas Efforts To Enforce School Segregation. – 9/24/57
20. Black Politician Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Speaks Out On Notion Of Freedom. - 1957
21. United States Successfully Launches First Orbiting Satellite – 1/31/58
22. Author Lorraine Hansberry Discusses Her Play 'a Raisin In The Sun' – 3/11/59
23. Nasa Introduces First Seven 'Astronauts' For Project Mercury – 4/9/59
24. Cuban Premier Fidel Castro Visits U.S. For First Time – 4/17/59
25. Author Allen Ginsberg And Anthropologist Margaret Mead Discuss Origins Of The Term 'Beat Generation - 1959
26. Presidential Candidates John F. Kennedy And Richard M. Nixon Square Off In Televised Debate – 10/13/60
27. President-Elect John F. Kennedy Wins Narrow-Margin Victory – 11/8/60
28. President Dwight D. Eisenhower Delivers 'Military Industrial Complex' Farewell Speech – 1/18/61
29. President John F. Kennedy Addresses Nation With Inaugural Speech – 1/20/61
30. Bay Of Pigs Invasion Denounced At United Nations Address – 4/17/61
31. Federal Communications Comission Chairman Newton Minow Decries Television As A 'Vast Wasteland' – 5/61
32. The Birth Of The Berlin Wall – 8/13/61
33. Launch Of 'Telstar' Satellite Ushers In Age Of High-Speed Communication Technology – 7/10/62
34. Author John Steinbeck Discusses Winning Nobel Prize For Literature – 12/10/62
35. Debut Of World's First Talking/Singing Computer - 1962
36. President John F. Kennedy Visits The Berlin Wall And Rallies Anti-Communist Support – 6/26/63
37. President John F. Kennedy Is Assassinated – 11/22/63
38. JFK Assassination Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald Is Shot – 11/24/63
39. North Vietnamese Vessels Attack U.S. Navy In Gulf Of Tonkin – 8/4/64
40. Activist Mario Savio Speaks Out On UC Berkeley 'Educational Tyranny'- 9/64
41. Reports Confirm Khruschev ouster from Kremlin – 10/16/64
42. Activist Whitney Young Talks In Selma, Alabama On The Importance Of The Black Vote - 3/25/65
43. Racial Violence Breaks Out In Watts District Of Los Angeles – 8/11/65
44. Vietnamese Radio 'Hanoi Hannah' Broadcasts To U.S. Troops - 1966
45. Dr. Christiaan Barnard Performs First Human Heart Transplant – 12/3/67
46. Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir Articulates Israel's Need For Peace – 6/67
47. Senator Robert Kennedy Announces Presidential Candidacy – 3/16/68
48. President Lyndon B. Johnson Declines Nomination For Reelection – 3/31/68
49. Martin Luther King, Jr. Stirs Memphis Audience With 'Mountain Top' Speech – 4/3/68
50. Senator Robert Kennedy Is Assassinated – 6/5/68
51. Soviets Invade Czechoslovakia – 8/20/68
52. Riots Break Out At 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention – 8/28/68
53. Apollo 8 Astronauts Conduct Christmas Eve Broadcast – 12/24/68
54. Mickey Mantle Gives Farewell Speech To Yankees Fans – 3/1/69
55. Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong Broadcasts Man's First Steps On The Moon – 67/20/69
56. Beatle Paul McCartney Refutes Rumors Of His Death - 10/21/69
57. Thousands Of Protesters Show Support On Vietnam Moratorium Day – 11/15/69
58. Vice President Spiro Agnew Lashes Out Against 'The Media Elite' – 12/69
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