Dear LM_NET Pals,
On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Ann Rox wrote:
> I am trying to help a teacher whose students must find
> news events that happened on the day they were born.
> These are high school seniors so the stories must be
> from 1984 or 1985. I have tried databases, the
> Internet Public Library, and general searches but I
> need an actual news story for the date, preferably at
> no cost. Has anyone found sites that have these?
Something that is very close is the Television News Archive, at Vanderbilt
University. It requires registration, but has something approaching a
transcript. At the very least, they will know what stories were being
cobered on the major TV networks on that date. Started in 1968, so just
perfect for that assignment.
Peter Milbury, LM_NET Co-Moderator
School Librarian/CA TeleMentor, Chico HS, Chico, CA
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