历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-17

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

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-19

February 19th 1945.Weve got cities and pricks, all up along the beach, and dozens of marines are around each one of them In the final months of World War II, Some 30,000 US marines begin landing at Iwo Jima.Thats where they fight a month-long battle

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-20

February 20th 1962 God Speed,John Glenn Two,One,zero. Roger, The clock is operating. We are under way., Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth lifting off aboard the Mercury Space Capsule Friendship 7. 2003 A fire during a

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-21

February 21st 1965 - to resort to any means necessary to bring about justice where the government can't give them justice .Malcolm X, the former black Muslim leader is shot to death during a speech in New York City; he was 39. Three black Muslims are

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-15

February 15th, 1898We have remembered the Maine U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blows up in harbor of Havana, Cuba then a Spanish colony. More than 260 crew members on board are killed in the blast. War breaks out between the U.S. and Spain months

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-27

February 27th 1933 - In Berlin, fire gets Germanys parliament building,the Reichstag , the Nazis blame the Communist and use the fire to justify suspending civil liberties,setting-up a dictatorship under Adolf Hitler. 1991 Kuwait is liberated. Iraq's

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-03

February 3rd 1959 Three stars of early Rock and Roll and their pilot are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson die while on a winter concert tour in the midwest. 1966 The Soviet U

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-28

Februray 28th 1953 - In Britain scientists say they found the double helix structure of DNA. The molecule that contains the human gene, years later Frances Crick describes the discovery that he and fellow scientist James Watson made. Biological syste

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-03-02

March 2nd 1877 - Republican Rutherford B. Hayes is declared winner of Americas disputed presidential election months earlier. Hayes moves into The White House instead of Democrat Samuel J. Tilden who had won the popular vote. 1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-26

February 26th 1993 - In New York, a bomb built by an Islamic extremist explodes in the parking garage of the World Trade Center. The blast kills 6 people and injures more than 1000 others. More than 8 years later, the Twin Towers falls in the Septemb

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-03-06

March 6th 1836 - So all the Texas will know,and remember the Alamo!In San Antonio, the Alamo falls to Mexican forces ending a 13-day siege of rebel Texans fighting for their independence. 1857 The U.S. Supreme Courts decision in the Dred Scott case b

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-03-07

March 7th 1965-A bloody Sunday for Americas Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. Thats where states troopers and a sheriff posse attack civil rights marchers pushing to register black voters. The violence leads to 2 more high-profile marches and

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-25

February 25th 1986 - People power in the Philippines, long-time leader Ferdinand Marcos flees the country amid mass protests after a teed election.Corazon Aquino who ran against Markos in that election is installed as the new President. 1956 In Mosco

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-03-12

March 12th, 1938 - In Europe, Nazi Germany's troops march into neighboring Austria. The next day, Adolf Hitler annexes his homeland. Austria remains part of Nazi Germany until the final days of World War II. 1933 - My friends, I want to talk for a fe

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-03-17

March 17th 461 A.D. - Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint 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. 2003 - Presid

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-03-19

March 19th, 2003 - For 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

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-03-21

March 21st 1965 - Civil 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

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-03-03

March 3rd 1991 - In Los Angeles, a scene caught on amateur videos which sparks an outcry in the United States. Police officers severely beat black motorist Rodney King after he is stopped for speeding. The following year, the 4 white officers charged

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-03-22

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 2011-03-13

March 13th ,1852 - Uncle Sam, that iconic symbol of the United States debuts as a cartoon character in the New York newspaper. 1925 - in Tennessee, a law that prohibits the teaching of the theory of evolution takes effect. Months later the law is cha