I got mine for a high school Graduation gift in the late 70s. Was listening to the BBC in August 1990 when the Iraqis invaded Kuwait. No news stations picked up on it until morning.
Wish I still had it. But, after 30 years of use, it finally died.
I listened to Radio Beijing when the announcer when the Tianamen Square crackdown started, and even said that several Radio Beijing employees were killed in the crackdown, he was quickly replaced.