历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-28

Feb 28th, 1953, in Britain, scientists say they found the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes. Years later, Francis Crick describes this discovery that he and fellow scientist James Watson made. Biological system

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-15

March 15th, 44BC, the ides of March in Ancient Rome, thats when Dictator Julius Caesar is assassinated by a group of nobles included Brutus and Cassius. 1965, in Washington, President Lyndon Johnson urges Congress to pass an effective voting rights b

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-22

February 22nd, 1732George Washington, the first president of the United States, is born in what's then the Virginia Colony. Washington commanded American forces during the Revolutionary War and led the Founding Fathers in drafting the U.S. Constituti

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-17

March 17th 461 A.D. Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saints for whom St. Patrick's Day is named dies in the Irish village of Saul. Other authorities say Patrick's death happened on this day but more than three decades later in 493 A.D. 2003President G

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-10

Feb 10th 1962 A high profile exchange of prisoners between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War. The Soviet Union releases Frances Gary Powers, an American U-2 pilot shot down while on a reconnaissance flight over its territory. In return, the U

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-16

March 16th, 1968. The My Lai Massacre takes place during the Vietnam War. US troops under the command of Lieutenant William Cally Jr. kill hundreds of unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai. High ranking army officers initially cover up the incid

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-09

March 9th, 1954. Journalist Edward R. Murrow takes on Senator Joe McCarthys anti-Communist campaign. Murrow critically reviews McCarthys tactics on his See It Now Program on CBS. The actions of the junior senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-08

March 8th, 1965, America deepens its military involvemnt in Southeast Asia, as the first US combat troops land in South Vietnam. 3,500 marines arrive to defend the US air base in Da Nang. Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams is there. The marine

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-20

February 20th, 1962Godspeed, John Glenn, two, one, zero, roger! The clock is operating. Were under way. Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, lifting off aboard the Mercury space capsule Friendship 7. 2003A fire during a

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-11

March 11th, 2004Bombs strike the commuter rail network in Spains capital, Madrid. The attack linked to the al-Qaide terror network, kills 191 people and wounds more than 2,000 others. 2006Former Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milosevic is found dead i

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-18

March 18th, 1965 Aleksei Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space. The cosmonaut from whats then the Soviet Union leaves his Voskhod 2 capsule secured by a tether. Astronaut Ed White makes the first American space walk months later. 1922. In

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-21

March 21st, 1965Civil rights demonstrators led by dr. Martin Luther King Junior begin a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. It happens weeks after marchers pushing for black voting rights in the South are attacked in Selma. The marches lead to t

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-22

March 22nd, 1765. Britain enacts the Stamp Act to raise money from its American colonies. But the colonies balk the taxation without representation and the Act was repealed the next year. The conflict helps set the stage for American Revolution in th

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-24

March 24th 1999NATO launches US-led airstrikes against Yugoslavia over the Kosovo crisis. President Bill Clinton tells the American people, We have acted with resolve for several reasons. We act to protect thousands of innocent people in Kosovo from

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-09

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Beatles. Feburary 9th 1964. Beatlemania hits prime time in the United States. Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, tomorrow... The Fab Four made their first live appearance on the American TV on the Ed Aullivan Show on CBS. 19

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-12

February 12th, 1809Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this Continent a new nation.President Abraham Lincoln, who led the divided United States through the Civil War, is born in present-day Kentucky. Lincoln who opposed slave

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-17

February, 17th 1992In Milwaukee, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer receives his series of life sentences for his grisly string of murders. Dahmer has admitted to killing 17 young men and boys, some of whom he had mutilated and cannibalized. Just a few yea

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-19

March 19th, 2003For the second time in a dozen years, an American-led coalition launches a war against Iraq. Cruise missiles and precision guided bombs are aimed at Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein near the capital, Baghdad. President George W. Bush tel

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-26

March 26th, 1979In Washington, leaders of Israel and Egypt sign a peace treaty at the White House. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, No more wars, no more bloodsheds, no more bereavements. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever. Egyptian Presid

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-27

March 27th, 1997, In Nashville, Dexter King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., meets with James Earl Ray in prison for assassinating the civil rights leader. I just wanna ask you for the record: hum, did you kill my father? No, no, I didn't. Dexter King