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We interrupt this broadcast : the events that stopped our lives-- : from the Hindenburg explosion to the attacks of September 11
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We interrupt this broadcast : the events that stopped our lives-- : from the Hindenburg explosion to the attacks of September 11

Author: Joe Garner
Publisher: Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks MediaFusion, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : Updated 3rd edView all editions and formats
Summary:
Recounts the details of forty-three significant events of the twentieth century, each with from-the-scene photographs; and features two compact discs that contain over two hours of audio from the events as they were broadcast live.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Joe Garner
ISBN: 1570719748 9781570719745
OCLC Number: 166315977
Description: xiv, 178 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 2 sound discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Contents: The Hindenburg explodes --
Pearl Harbor under attack --
D-day : the Normandy invasion --
President Roosevelt dies --
V-E day : war in Europe ends --
Atomic bomb destroys Hiroshima --
Japan surrenders : WWII ends --
Truman defeats Dewey --
General MacArthur fired --
Sputnik launched by Soviets --
John Glenn orbits earth --
Marilyn Monroe dies --
Cuban missile crisis : nuclear war threatened --
President Kennedy assassinated --
Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated --
President Johnson declines reelection bid --
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated --
Robert Kennedy assassinated --
Apollo 11 : man walks on moon --
Apollo 13 : astronauts escape disaster --
Kent State massacre --
Munich Olympics tragedy --
Nixon resigns --
Saigon falls --
Elvis dies --
Iran hostage crisis --
John Lennon assassinated --
President Reagan shot --
The Challenger explodes --
Berlin Wall crumbles --
Operation Desert Storm begins --
Rodney King verdict incites riots --
Waco standoff ends in disaster --
O.J. Simpson saga --
Oklahoma City bombing --
Flight 800 explodes over Atlantic --
Atlanta Olympics bombing --
Princess Diana dies --
The impeachment of President Clinton --
Tragedy at Columbine High School --
John F. Kennedy Jr. dies --
The 2000 election --
America under attack.
Responsibility: Joe Garner.

Abstract:

Recounts the details of forty-three significant events of the twentieth century, each with from-the-scene photographs; and features two compact discs that contain over two hours of audio from the events as they were broadcast live.

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