历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-14

October 14th, 1947Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than sound. Yeager breaks the sound barrier as he tests the rocket-powered research plane over California. 1066In Britain, invading Norman forces under William th

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-15

October 15th, 1946In Nuremburg, Germany, former Nazi Air Force Chief Hermann Goering commits suicide behind bars . Goering takes poison just hours before his scheduled execution as convicted war criminal for his role during War World II. 1917During W

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-16

October 16th, 1859 John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave, But his soul goes marching on An incident that brings America closer to Civil War. Abolitionist John Brown's raid on a Federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry in whats now West Virginia, h

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-11

October 11th, 2002On Capitol Hill, the Senate joins the House in authorizing U.S. military force against Iraq. Arizona Republican John McCain says Saddam Hussein must comply with the U.N. on giving up weapons of mass destruction or else. Allowing him

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-09-30

September 30th, 1946 Judgment in the German city of Nuremberg more than a year after World War II ends. Thats where an international military tribunal finds nearly two dozens top Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes. More than half are sentenced to deat

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-24

January 24th 1848. Northern California James Marshall finds a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill, a discovery that sparks the Gold Rush the following year. 1965. In London, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who led his nation through the dar

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-23

January 23rd, 1973President Richard Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Americans military role in the Vietnam War. We today have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia. More th

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-28

January 28th, 1986Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after takeoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. All seven crew members on board the Challenger, among them school teacher Christa McAuliffe, are killed. President Ronald Regan tells a shocked

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-25

January 25th,1981. The 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrive home in the United States reuniting with their families at last. 1971. In Los Angeles, Charles Manson and three of his female followers are convicted of murder and conspirac

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-26

You have to find the answer to that riddle somewhere else.January 26th 1998. President Bill Clinton denies having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told a

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-27

January 27th, 1945. In the final months of WWII, Soviet troops liberate Nazi Germanys concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland, thats where up to a million and a half people, 90% of them Jews, perished, as part of the Nazis final solut

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-29

Our war against terror is only beginning. January 29th, 2002Just months after the September 11th attacks, President George W. Bush warns terrorists still threaten the United States. Bush also singles out three nations during his first State of the Un

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-31

January 31st, 1958America enters the Space Age, successfully launching its first satellite into orbit Explorer One. It happens just months after the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the very first satellite into orbit. 2001 Libyan Intelligence officer

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-01

February 1st, 2003Communication was lost with the Space Shuttle Columbia at 8:00 a.m. Central Time. For the second time in nearly two decades, a space shuttle mission ends in tragedy. Space Shuttle Columbia breaks up during re-entry, killing all seve

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-02

February 2nd 1943. A major victory for the Soviet Union during World War II as the last of Nazi Germanys forces in the battle of Stalingard, surrender. The Nazis and their Axis partners lost some 800,000 troops in the month-long battle. The Soviet lo

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-05

Feburary 5th 1937. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes boosting the number of justices on the US Supreme Court. He pushes the plan after the court strikes down key parts of his new deal program during the Great Depression. The Court itself can b

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-30

January 30th, 1968A turning point for Americas role in the Vietnam War as the Tet offensive begins. Communist forces launch surprise attacks to Khe Sanh, Vietnam shattering U.S. government claims about the wars progress. 1933Nazi leader Adolf Hitler

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-21

January 21st, 1793. In Paris, the French Revolution turns bloody as King Louis XVI condemned for treason is executed on the guillotine. 1924. Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary who founded the Soviet Union, the worlds first Communist state, di

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-22

January 22nd, 1973. In one of its most controversial rulings, the US Supreme Court legalizes abortion in a landmark case of Roe versus Wade. Also that same year. For in your time, we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society, and

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-20

January 20th 1981. Iran releases 52 Americans taken hostage at the US embassy in Tehran after 444 days in captivity. It happened just minutes after the Ronald Reagan is sworn in as President succeeding Jimmy Carter in the White House. 1961. In Washin