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TODAY IN HISTORY - MAY (AUDIO ONLY)
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1940 - 1995
AUDIO ONLY!!!!!! THIS DAY IN HISTORY MAY 1. 5 1 83 - SOLIDARITY RIOTS IN POLAND - US VOICES SUPPORT (PRESIDENT REAGAN MESSAGE READ BY SPOKESMAN) 2. 5 2 82 - WARSAW RIOTING 3. 5 3 63 - BRITISH SPY TRIAL BEGINS 4. 5 3 93 - BOSNIAN SERB LEADERS SIGN PEACE PROPOSAL IN ATHENS 5. 5 4 50 - DEAN ACHESON ON US INVOLVEMENT IN KOREA 6. 5 4 50 - 2ND CUT OF ABOVE 7. 5 4 73 - HENRY JACKSON ON DONALD SEGRETTI "DIRTY TRICKS" SCANDAL 8. 5 4 93 - PRESIDENT CLINTON WELCOMING HOME TROOPS FROM SOMALIA 9. 5 5 61 - ALAN SHEPARD SPACE SHOT 10. 5 5 65 - ANTI-US RIOTING IN ARGENTINA AND URAGUAY 11. 5 5 70 - EYEWITNESS TO KENT STATE SHOOTINGS 12. 5 5 80 - IRANIAN EMBASSY BOMBING IN LONDON 13. 5 6 93 - US AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT ON SERBIAN PEACE PROPOSAL 14. 5 7 79 - SENATE ENERGY CHAIRMAN MORRIS UDALL ON NUCLEAR SAFETY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION AND THE HIGH NUMBER OF COMMITTEES STUDYING THE SITUATION 15. 5 8 72 - PRES. NIXON ANNOUNCES MINING OF HAIPHONG HARBOR 16. 5 9 63 - EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF COUP IN HAITI 17. 5 10 51 - PRES. TRUMAN ON SITUATION IN KOREA 18. 5 10 82 - CONVICTED MURDERER OF RFK SIRHAN SIRHAN ASKS FOR PAROLE 19. 5 11 78 - PRES. JIMMY CARTER'S COUSIN BEADY PROMOTING BOOK HE'S WRITTEN ABOUT PRESIDENT 20. 5 12 62 - WORLD'S FIRST SINGING COMPUTER 21. 5 13 65 - LBJ SENDS TROOPS TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 22. 5 14 79 - GAS RATIONING REPORTS 23. 5 15 72 - GEORGE WALLACE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT (REAGAN REACTION TO HEARING NEWS) 24. 5 16 61 - JFK ARRIVES IN OTTAWA 25. 5 17 61 - JFK ADDRESSES CANADIAN PARLIAMENT 26. 5 18 74 - HEARST FAMILY SPOKESMAN EXPRESSES RELIEF PATTY NOT AMONG SLA MEMBERS KILLED IN LOS ANGELES SHOOT OUT 27. 5 19 70 - ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN MITCHELL SPEAKS OUT ON RECENT CAMPUS VIOLENCE 28. 5 20 75 - SEC. OF STATE HENRY KISSINGER ON STRATEGIC ARMS TALKS WITH GROMKYO IN VIENNA 29. 5 21 71 - PRESIDENT NIXON ANNOUNCES HOPES FOR AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND SOVIET UNION FOR ARMS CONTROL 30. 5 22 40 - CLEMENT ATLEE ON EXPANDING WAR ON BRITAIN 31. 5 23 63 - SEN. HART ON RUMORS OF CUBAN SPIES IN MIAMI 32. 5 24 62 - AURORA 7 SPACE FLIGHT 33. 5 25 63 - RUSSIA PLEDGES SUPPORT OF CUBA 34. 5 25 82 - FALKLAND ISLANDS WAR REPORTS 35. 5 26 40 - FDR FIRESIDE CHAT FOR MEMORIAL DAY 36. 5 26 63 - RADIO MOSCOW REPORTS KHRUSHCHEV WILL VISIT CUBA 37. 5 27 61 - VICE-PRESIDENT JOHNSON ON US POLICY TOWARD SOUTHEAST ASIA 38. 5 27 64 - ADLAI STEVENSON ON DEATH OF NEHRU 39. 5 28 73 - REPORTS ON SKYLAB 40. 5 29 41 - GERMAN AIR RAIDS ON BRITAIN AND OTHER WAR NEWS OF THE DAY 41. 5 30 95 - PRIME MINISTER JOHN MAJOR ON BRITISH PEACE-KEEPING FORCES IN BOSNIA 42. 5 31 61 - JFK ARRIVES IN PARIS
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