历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-12

January 12th 1991. Just days before UN deadline, Congress authorizes President George H.W. Bush to use force to expel Iraq form Kuwait. The action taken by the United States Congress today is a very important step in hopefully getting Saddam Hussein

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-13

January 13rd, 1978Fellow doesnt have any tears, it doesnt have any heart. Former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, a liberal icon of the 50s and 60s dies of cancer in Waverly, Minnesota, at age 66. 1992. Japan apologizes for forcing tens of thousands o

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-11

January 11th, 1964, For the first time, the U.S. government warns that smoking may be hazardous to your health. Surgeon General Luther Terry: It is the judgment of the Committee that cigarette smoking contributes substantially to mortality from certa

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-08

January 8th 1935. Well, since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwell. It's down at the end of lonely street at heartbreak hotel Elvis Presley, the King of rock-and-roll, whose fame inspired countless performers, is born in Tupelo, Mississippi.

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-07

January 7th, 1789, the United States holds its first presidential election more than a decade after the Declaration of Independence. Americans vote for electors, who a month later, choose George Washington to be the nations first president. 1999, in

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-05

January 5th 2000. The US government decides six-year-old Elian Gonzalez should be returned to his father in Cuba. That move touches off angry protests by Cuban Americans in Miami, home of Elians US relatives. After a legal battle, the government seiz

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-03

January 3rd, 1777During the revolutionary war, General George Washingtons army routs the British in the battle of Princeton, New Jersey. That follows Washington and his troops crossing the Delaware River and beating the Hessian's nearby Trenton. 1990

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-02

January 2nd, 2006The huge white light and a few seconds later, its like somebody set off a powder keg, it shocked house, rattled the windows and everything. An explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia kills one miner and traps a dozen underground.

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-01

January 1st, 1959. I don't ambition power, money, nothing. Only to serve my country. In Cuba, Fidel Castro and his guerrillas topple Fulgencio Batista from power, clearing the way for decades of Communist rule. 1863. During the Civil War, President A

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-24

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. December 24th, 1968The astronauts of Apollo VIII become the first human beings to orbit the moon. They read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a TV broadcast on Christmas Eve

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-25

December 25th, 1776. A surprise attack during the Revolutionary War breeds new life into the American cause. General George Washington and his Continental Army troops cross the Delaware River and strike Hessian Forces at Trenton, New Jersey. 1991. Th

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-23

December 23rd, 1823'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the house,Not, not a creature was stirring even a mouse Clement C. Moores Christmas poem A Visit from St. Nicholas is first published in the upstate New York Troy Sentinel newspaper.

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-08

January 8th 1935. Well, since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwell. It's down at the end of lonely street at heartbreak hotel Elvis Presley, the King of rock-and-roll, whose fame inspired countless performers, is born in Tupelo, Mississippi.

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-16

January 16th, 1991. Start of Operation Desert Storm as an American-led coalition begins bombing targets in Iraq and Kuwait. It happens after Saddam Hussein fails to meet a U.N. deadline on withdrawing from Kuwait. President George H. Bush: Five month

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-12

January 12th 1991. Just days before UN deadline, Congress authorizes President George H.W. Bush to use force to expel Iraq form Kuwait. The action taken by the United States Congress today is a very important step in hopefully getting Saddam Hussein

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-11

January 11th, 1964, For the first time, the U.S. government warns that smoking may be hazardous to your health. Surgeon General Luther Terry: It is the judgment of the Committee that cigarette smoking contributes substantially to mortality from certa

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-10

January 10th, 1776. Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense, one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The pamphlet urges freedom for Britains colonies in America just months before the Declaration of Independence. 1863. All aboard, b

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-09

But as President, I must put the interests of America first. January 9th, 1913President Richard Nixon is born in Yorba Linda, California. Nixon oversaw Cold War day time for the Soviet Union and China while winding down the Vietnam War. But he became

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-07

January 7th, 1789, the United States holds its first presidential election more than a decade after the Declaration of Independence. Americans vote for electors, who a month later, choose George Washington to be the nations first president. 1999, in

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-06

January 6th, 1412. According to Tradition, Joan of Arc, Frances national heroine and Catholic Saint is born in the village of Domrmy. 1838. Inventor Samuel Morse gives his first public demonstration of the telegraph, dots-dashes in all, in Morristown