历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-08-14

August 14th, 1945 This is a victory of more than arms alone; this is a victory of liberty over tyranny. In Washington, President Harry Truman announces Japans unconditional surrender, ending World War II. Weeks later, a surrender ceremony on the USS

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-16

September 16th, 1974President Gerald Ford announces a conditional amnesty program for deserters and draft evaders during the Vietnam War. I do not want to delay another day in resolving the dilemmas of the past, so that we may all get going on the pr

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-19

September 19th, 1777In upstate New York, a turning point during the American Revolution. The Continental Army defeats the British in the first of two Battles of Saratoga. American victories in both battles convince the French to aid the Revolutionary

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-08-13

August 13th, 1961The Cold War division of Berlin deepens, leading to an iconic symbol of the conflict. East Germany seals the border between the citys west and east to halt the flight of refugees. Days later, construction begins on the Berlin Wall, m

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-17

September 17th, 1862What's considered the single bloodiest day in American history takes place during the Civil War. Thats when Union forces repel a confederate invasion of Maryland in the battle of Antietam. More than 20,000 soldiers on both sides a

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-08-21

August 21st, 1991In Moscow, a coup by hard-line Communists against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev collapses, leading the popular uprising against the coup plotters Boris Yeltsin, President of the Russian Federation. Gorbachev returns to power. But t

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-20

September 20th, 1519Ferdinand Magellan sets out from Spain on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia. The Portuguese explorer is killed in the Philippines, but one of his ships eventually becomes the first to circle the

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-03

September 3rd, 1939Two days after Adolf Hitler's forces invade Poland, Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain whose policy of appeasing Hitler was meant to prevent what becomes World War II. Yet I c

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-11

There was a loud crashing sound, and then there was a pause for about a split seconds and then there got screamer too, and then everyone just ran everybody , everybody. There was mass chaos.It gets smoke, the black smoke and fire. There are indicatio

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-08-31

August 31, 1997A tragedy that sparks mass public grief around the world. Britains Princess Diana is killed in a car crash in Paris. She was 36 years old. Also killed in the crash, Dodi Al Fayed, Dianas boyfriend and the cars driver Henri Paul, bodygu

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-23

We did get something a gift after the election September 23rd, 1952Future President Richard Nixon uses whats then the new medium of television to make his case. Nixon at the time the Republican candidate for vice president denies charges that use a s

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-04

September 4th, 1957In Little Rock, Arkansas, the first major fight over racial integration of Americas schools. Arkansas governor Orval Faubus orders states National Guard to block nine black students from entering the all white central high school.

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-26

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

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-27

September 27, 1964The Warren Commission wrapsup its investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Its report concludes Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing Kennedy, and wounded Texas governor John Connally the previous year.

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-10-04

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

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-30

September 30th, 1946Judgment in the German city of Nuremberg more than a year after World War II ends. That's where an international military tribunal finds nearly two dozen top Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes. More than half are sentenced to death

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-10-05

October 5th, 2001A new scare for Americans just weeks after the 9/11 terror attacks. Robert Stevens, a tabloid photo editor in Florida, dies from inhaled anthrax. He is the first of five people to die from anthrax-laced letters which also infect more

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-10-03

October 3rd, 1995In California, a verdict in the murder trial of ex-football player O.J. Simpson: We the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant, Orenthal James Simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder. Simpson is found not guilty of k

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-08-22

August 22nd, 2005. The last Jewish settlers leave the Gaza Strip. That happens nearly 40 years after Israel captures the territory during the Six-Day War. The Israeli withdrawal makes way for Palestinian control in Gaza. 1996. In Washington, Presiden

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-24

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