Significant moments in modern American history
Alistair Cooke’s reports on history as it happened – from the Wall Street Crash to 9/11.
Financial crisis of 1933
The 1933 financial crisis that led to a closure of all American banks.
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Franklin D Roosevelt and the New Deal
A recollection of FDR's re-evaluation of the need for social reform.
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Assassination of J F Kennedy, 1963
The death of J F Kennedy (1917-1963), the first president of the television age.
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Bobby Kennedy's assassination, 1968
Cooke's eyewitness account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy (1925-1968).
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US/USSR handshakes, 1975
Russian-American handshakes in space, and the denunciations of Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger disaster, 1986
The death of space shuttle Challenger astronaut and school teacher Christa McAuliffe.
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Black Monday 1987, Black Tuesday 1929
How does the stock market crash of October 1987 compare to the 1929 Wall Street Crash?
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1989 earthquake in California
The aftermath of the 1989 earthquake in California, and the vast television coverage.
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Columbine High School shootings, 1999
The shootings by schoolboys in Columbine High School, Colorado and the gun control debate.
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America's Day of Terror, 9/11
Reactions to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001.
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The aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Alistair Cooke reflects on how America is coping after the 9/11 terrorist attack.
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