历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-04-20

April 20th, 1889. Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany who ruled for more than a dozen years is born in Austria. Hitlers Third Reigh brought WWII and the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews in Europe. 1999. They didnt care who they shot at, they w

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-08

May 8th, 1945, VE day as the Allies celebrate the end of World War II in Europe with Nazi Germanys defeat. In Washington, President Truman reminds Americans that the war in the pacific is not over yet. Our victory is but half-won. The West is free, b

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-09

May 9th, 1960Make way for The Pill. The Food and Drug Administration approves the oral contraceptive Enovid as safe for birth control use. The pill is the first of its kind to be available by prescription in the United States, unleashing a social rev

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-04-19

April 19th, 1995 From my office, the door right normally enter and there's nothing in there any more.It's just, it's from. these individuals thebuilding's gone. In Oklahoma City, a truck-bomb destroys the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building. The blast

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-15

Alabama governor George Wallace is shot by Arthur Bremer while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination in Maryland. The shooting leaves Wallace paralyzed for the rest of his life. In later year, he apologizes for his one-time segregati

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-11

May 11th, 1973. Charges are dropped against Daniel Ellsberg for leaking the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War. A judge cites government misconduct by officials in President Richard Nixons White House, illegal wiretaps on Ellsbergs phone and a br

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-19

May 19th 1962Actress Marilyn Monroe performs a sultry rendition of Happy Birthday for President John F. Kennedy. It happens during a Democratic Party fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden where Kennedy is guest of honor. 1925To resort to an

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-25

May 25th, 1961. President John F. Kennedy challenges the United States to aim high in its Cold War Space Race with the Soviet Union. I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on t

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-27

May 27th, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge opens to the public, connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California. For the bridges first day, only pedestrians were allowed onto the span. Louis Riogiado helped build the famous suspensi

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-22

May 22nd,1939, in Europe Nazi Germany and fascist Italy signs the Pact of Steel forming the military alliance just month before the start of WWII. 1972, Richard Nixon begins the first visit by an American President to whats then the Soviet Union. He

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-06

May 6th, 1937. In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the German dirigible Hindenberg burns into flames and crashes upon arriving for landing. Reporter Herbert Morrison is there. Its a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. The smoke and the flame now, and the fla

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-20

May 20th, 1927. Lucky Lindy! Up in the sky Fair or windy, he's flying high Aviator Charles Lindbergh takes off from New Yorks Long Island aboard the Spirit of St. Louis. Some 33 hours later, Lindbergh lands in Paris, becoming the first person to fly

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-04-15

April 15th, 1912, just hours after hitting an iceberg, the Titanic sinks off the coast of Newfoundland. About 1,500 people on board the British luxury liner perish in the waters of the icy North Atlantic. 1865, President Abraham Lincoln dies in Washi

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-26

May 26th 1940During World War II, hundreds of thousands of Allied troops begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France. They escape Nazi Germany's advancing forces, making their way across the English Channel to Britain. 1868In Washington, President An

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-02

May 2nd, 1945The end is near for WWII in Europe. The Soviet Union announces the fall of Nazi Germany's capital, Berlin. And the Allies announce the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria. 1519,Leonardo Da Vinci, the Italian Renaissanc

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-21

May 21st1927, He made it, Charles A. Lindbergh, lucky Lindy they call him. Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh completes the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.He lands near Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis. Some 33 hours after taking off

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-24

May 24th, 1844Inventor Samuel Morse opens America's first telegraph line. He transmits the message What Hath God Wrought from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore. 1994,In New York, four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center the year before are ea

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-10

May 10th, 1869they place them up by that without the flowers and mile a track... At Promontory, Utah --- a golden spike is driven into the ground, completing the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. 1933，Months after taking power i

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-23

May 23rd, 1945In Germany, top Nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide in Allied custody, weeks after the Third Reich's fall in World War Two. As head of Nazi police forces, Himmler oversaw the killing of millions of Jews in the Holocaust and c

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-06-03

June 3rd, 1965. Get back in. OK. We're on our way and tell everyone go back in now. Astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to walk in space during the Gemini IV mission. 1989, Irans spiritual leader the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini dies in