历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-30

December 30th, 2006. Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is executed, for the Slaying of the Iraqi Shiite during his regime. 1903. In Chicago, a blaze even deadlier than the so-called Great Fire of more than 20 years earlier. About 600 people are ki

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-12-15

December 15th, 1961, an Israeli court sentences former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann to death for his role in the holocaust during World War II. He is hanged the following year, denying to the end his responsibility for the Nazis mass killing of Jews

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-12-19

December 19th, 1998, in Washington Bill Clinton becomes the second American president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. The Republican-controlled House impeaches Democratic Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice over the Monica

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-09-24

September 24th, 1976, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is sentenced to 7 years in prison for taking part in a bank robbery with her kidnapers. She serves nearly 2 years before President Jimmy Carter commutes her sentence. In 2001, President Bill Cli

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-11-08

November 8th, 1923Nazi leader Adolf Hitler makes his first attempt to seize power in Germany. He launches a failed coup in the city of Munich, an event that becomes known as the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler ultimately achieves his goal when he becomes Ge

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-12-24

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 2014-12-31

December 31st, 1879Inventor Thomas Edison gives the first public demonstration of his electric incandescent light bulb at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. 1961The United States winds down the Marshall Plan after distributing more than 12 bil

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-12-25

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 2013-12-26

December 26th, 2004A tsunami kills more than 200,000 people, most of them in Southern Asia and leaves tens of thousands more missing. Among the countries hardest hit by the deadly waves , Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. The tsunami was trig

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-29

December 29th 1916Noblemen in Russia murder Grigori Rasputin, a monk with powerful influence over the country's royal family. But Rasputin proves hard to kill. First, he's poisoned, then shot twice before he finally dies from drowning after being thr

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-09-26

September 26th, 1960And I think in the final analysis, it depends upon what we do here. Millions of Americans tune in to watch presidential candidates debate on television for the first time. Squaring off in Chicago: Massachusetts Senator John F. Ken

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-12-31

December 31st, 1879Inventor Thomas Edison gives the first public demonstration of his electric incandescent light bulb at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. 1961The United States winds down the Marshall Plan after distributing more than 12 bil

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-09-25

September 25th, 1957As hundreds of U.S. army troops stand guard 9 black students are escorted into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. That happens two days after unruly white crowds force the children to withdraw from trying to enter the a

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-12-20

December 20th, 1803Ceremonies in New Orleans formally mark the completion of the Louisiana Purchase. The United States doubles in size as it gains ownership of the western half of Mississippi River basin which is bought from France. 1860 South Caroli

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-09-29

September 29th, 1938, Europes major powers agree to let Nazi Germany annex Czechoslovaks Sudetenland region. The next day British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain says the pact signed in the Germany city of Munich means peace for our time. As symbo

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-12-27

December 27th, 1979The Soviet Union invades neighboring Afghanistan in Central Asia beginning a decade-long occupation. Soviet forces leave after the occupation becomes a quiet mire and the communist superpower faces collapse. 1831Naturalist Charles

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-07

July 7th, 2005I just heard the bang. I looked around, the whole top of the bus and the back of it just came off . In London, suicide terrorist bombings strike three underground stations and a double-decker bus. The blasts kill 52 victims and 4 bomber

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-10-06

October 6th, 1981, in Cairo, Islamic extremists assassinate Egypts President Anwar Sadat while he reviews the military parade. Sadat, the first Arab leader derecognized Israel as part of a push for Mid-East peace, was 62 years old. 1973, war erupts i

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-10-04

October 4th, 1957Dawn of the Space Age, as the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit. 1993,A bloody battle in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters are shot down, while gun battles rage between

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-09-30

September 30th, 1946Judgment 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 death