历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-05

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 2013-01-03

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 2013-01-02

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 2013-01-01

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 2013-01-15

January 15th, 1929 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta. King's non-violent campaign to end legal segregation of African-Americans in the south included the march on Washington. I have a dream, my 4 little children one day li

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-19

Jan.19th1809, poet and author Edgar Allan Poe is born in Boston. Among his classic dark tales, The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart. 1807, Robert E. Lee, the Confederate General who surrender spell the end of the civil war, is born in Westmoreland Count

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-14

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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-12-12

December 12th, 2000More than a month after the votes cast, Americans finally know who their next president will be. Republican George W. Bush becomes president elect after the divided U. S. Supreme Court effectively halts recount in Florida contest p

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-06-23

June 23rd, 1972In Washington, a key moment for President Richard Nixon and his chief of staff H.R. Haldeman during the Watergate scandal. He discussed using the CIA to block the FBI's probe of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headqua

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-12-22

December 22nd, 1989. A popular uprising topples Eastern Europes last hardline communist ruler, Nicolae Ceauescu of Romania. Days later, Ceauescu and his wife are tried and convicted by a military tribunal, then promptly shot by a firing squad. 2001.

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-17

Jan.17th. 1706, Benjamin Franklin, author, publisher, inventor and one of Americas most famous founding fathers is born in Boston. 1945, in the final month of World War II in Europe, Soviet and Polish forces liberate Polands capital Warsaw from Nazi

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-19

Jan.19th 1809, poet and author Edgar Allan Poe is born in Boston. Among his classic dark tales, The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart. 1807, Robert E. Lee, the Confederate General who surrender spell the end of the civil war, is born in Westmoreland Coun

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-16

January 16th, 1991. Start of Operation Desert Storm as 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 months a

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-15

January 15th, 1929Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta. King's non-violent campaign to end legal segregation of African-Americans in the south included the march on Washington. I have a dream, my 4 little children one day liv

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-14

January 14th 1963. George Wallace is sworn in as Alabamas new governor and vows segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. Months later, Wallace stands in the schoolhouse door at the university Alabama, trying to block black students

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-13

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 2012-01-12

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

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-11

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 2012-01-10

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 2012-01-02

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.