历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-12-06

December 6th, 1889Jefferson Davis, the first and only, President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, dies in New Orleans. Davis spent two years in prison after the war and was indicted for treason, but never faced trial. 1969,V

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-11-28

November 28th, 1520Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name. The Portuguese navigator crosses the Pacific and is killed in the Philippines in the following years. But Magella

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-12-08

A date which will live in infamy.. December 8th, 1941, America enters World War Ⅱ as Congress declares war on Japan, a day after its attack on Pearl Harbor. President Franklin D. Roosevelt tells lawmakers during a joint session in Washington. With

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-11-26

November 26th, 1950, China, under its new communist leader Mao Zedong, enters the Korean War on the side of neighbor and communist ally North Korea. Chinese troops launch a counteroffensive against the American-led force, under the UN banner and troo

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-11-05

November 5th, 1940, My conscience will not let me turn my back upon a call to service. Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the only American president to win an unprecedented third term in office. Roosevelt serves as president for a total of more than 12 y

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-11-25

November 25th, 1963Three days after he's slain in Dallas, the body of President John F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. 1986In Washington, new details about the Iran-Contra Affair engulf President Ronald Reagans administration

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-11-24

November 24th, 1963, in Dallas, a scene caught on live TV that shocks America just days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. There is Lee Harvey Oswald. Hes been shot. Hes been shot! Lee Oswald has been shot! Theres a man with a gun.

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-09-25

September 25th, 1957As hundreds of U.S. army troops stand guard 9 black students are escorted into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. That happens two days after unruly white crowds force the children to withdraw from trying to enter the a

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-13

October 13th, 1792In the District of Columbia, the cornerstone is laid for the Executive Mansion, what we now called the White House. Its first occupants, President John Adams and wife Abigail move in when construction is nearly complete some 8 years

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-11-22

I appreciate your being here this morning, Mrs. Kennedy is organizing herself. It takes longer, but of course she looks better than we do when she does it. But we appreciate your welcome. This city's been a great western city. We understand there's b

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-09-24

September 24th, 1976, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is sentenced to 7 years in prison for taking part in a bank robbery with her kidnapers. She serves nearly 2 years before President Jimmy Carter commutes her sentence. In 2001, President Bill Cli

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-13

August 13th 1961The Cold War division of Berlin deepens, leading to an iconic symbol of the conflict . East Germany seals the border between the citys west and east to halt the flight of refugees. Days later, construction begins on the Berlin Wall, m

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-09-26

September 26th, 1960And I think in the final analysis, it depends upon what we do here. Millions of Americans tune in to watch presidential candidates debate on television for the first time. Squaring off in Chicago: Massachusetts Senator John F. Ken

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-09-22

September 22nd, 1776, in New York, the British hang Nathan Hale as a spy during the American Revolution. Hales last words are said to have been I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. 1980, Iraq Sadam Husein invades neighboring Iran

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-04

October 4th, 1957Dawn of the Space Age, as the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit. 1993,A bloody battle in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters are shot down, while gun battles rage between

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-06

October 6th, 1981, in Cairo, Islamic extremists assassinate Egypts President Anwar Sadat while he reviews the military parade. Sadat, the first Arab leader derecognized Israel as part of a push for Mid-East peace, was 62 years old. 1973, war erupts i

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-02

October 2nd, 1869There is an indefinable mysterious power that pervades everything. Mohandas K. Gandhi, also known as the Mahatma or Great Soul, is born in India then under British colonial rule. Gandhis use of non-violent tactic as a political and s

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-03

October 3rd, 1995In California, a verdict in the murder trial of ex-football player O.J. Simpson， In the jury of the New Orleans type of election finds the defendant Orenthal James Simpson is not guilty for the kind of murder. Simpson is found not

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-09

October 9th, 1967, Che Guevara, the Latin-American guerrilla leader is executed in Bolivia for trying to spark a revolution. Guevara who added Fidel Castros rised power in Cuba remains a global icon to this day. 2001, letters with the New Jersey post

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-10

October 10th, 1973Vice President Spiro Agnew, accused of taking bribes, pleads no contest to federal income tax evasion. Agnew then becomes only the second vice president in U.S. history to resign. Because I believe we will be against the national in