历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-22

September 22nd, 1776In New York, the British hang Nathan Hale as a spy during the American Revolution. Hales last words are said to have beenI regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. 1980Iraq Saddam Hussein invades neighboring Iran th

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-08-05

August 5th, 1962You never felt anything for anybody in your life. All you know is the sad words. You could blow up the world, and all you'd feel is sorry for yourself! Actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her Los Angeles home at age 36. Her death

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-21

They did not constitute sexual relations as I understood that term to be defined.September 21st, 1998TV networks air President Bill Clinton's federal grand jury testimony about his relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. During h

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-27

January 27th, 1945In the final month of World War II, Soviet troops liberate Nazi Germany's concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland, that's where up to a million and a half people, 90% of them Jews perished, as part of the Nazi's fina

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-20

January 20th,1981Iran releases 52 Americans taken hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, after 444 days in captivity. It happens just minutes after Ronald Reagan is sworn in as president succeeding Jimmy Carter in the White House. 1961In Washington,

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-21

January 21st, 1793In Pairs, the French Revolution turns bloody as King Louis the 16th condemned for treason is executed on the guillotine. 1924Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary who found the Soviet Union, the worlds first Communist Party dies

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-22

January 22nd, 1973In one of its most controversial rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court legalizes abortion in a landmark case of Roe versus Wade. Also that same year, Far in your time, we have the opportunity to move not only towards the rich society and

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-23

January 23rd, 1973President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Americas military role in the Vietnam War. We today have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam in Southeast Asia. More than 2 years la

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-24

January 24th, 1848Northern California, James Marshall finds a gold nugget at Sutters Mill, a discovery that sparks the Gold Rush the following year. 1965In London, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill who led his nation through the dark da

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-25

January 25th, 1981The 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrive home in the United States, reuniting with their families at last. 1971In Los Angeles, Charles Manson and three of his female followers are convicted of murder and conspiracy

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-26

You have to find the answer to that riddle somewhere else. January 26th, 1998President Bill Clinton denies having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told a

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-31

January 31st, 1958America enters the space age, successfully launching its first satellite into orbit Explorer I. It happens just months after the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the very first satellite into orbit. 2001A Libyan intelligence officer i

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-02-02

February 2nd, 1943A major victory for the Soviet Union during World War II, as the last of Nazi Germanys forces in the Battle of Stalingrad surrender. The Nazis and their excess partners lost some 800,000 troops in the month-long battle. The Soviet l

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-02-04

1945In the final month of World War II in Europe, the top allied leaders meet at Yalta in Ukraine , then part of the Soviet Union. President Franklin Roosevelt, Britains Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin discuss plans for Nazi Germanys

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-02-05

February 5th, 1937: President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes boosting the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. He pushes the plan after the Court strikes down key parts of his new deal program during the Great Depression. The Court itself ca

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-02-08

February 8th, 1999In the Mid East, hundreds of world leaders, many of them bitter enemies attend the funeral of King Hussein in Jordan. 1915The Birth of a Nation, a silent movie epic about the Civil War premieres in Los Angeles. D.W.Griffith's work b

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-02-09

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Beatles! February 9th,1964Beatlemania hits prime time in the United States. The Fab Four made their first live appearance on the American TV on the Ed Sullivan Show on CBS. 1950 In Villen, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCar

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-29

Our war against terror is only beginning. January 29th, 2002Just months after the September 11th attacks, President George W. Bush warns terrorists still threaten the United States. Bush also singles out 3 nations during his first State of the Union

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-12-20

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 2010-01-13

January 13th, 1978Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, a liberal icon of the 50s and 60s dies of cancer in Waiver Minnesota at age 66. 1992Japan apologizes for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldier