历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-08

April 8th, 2005At the Vatican, world leaders join pilgrims and Roman Catholic clergy in St. Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope John Paul II. 1973Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, dies at his home in France at age 91.

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-09

April 9th, 1865The American Civil War effectively ends after four years and more than a half million death. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his forces to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. 2003Iraqi celeb

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-12

April 12th, 1945President Franklin Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in WarmSprings, Georgia at age 63. Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Roosevelt, who led America through the Great Depression and

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-19

April 19th, 1995From my office, the door right normal in it and there is nothing there any more, it's just, it's for me and these individuals, the building's gone.In Oklahoma City, a truck bomb destroys the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The blas

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-20

April 20, 1889: Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany who ruled for more than a dozen years, is born in Austria. Hitler's third rift brought World War II and the holocaust that killed 6 million Jews in Europe. 1999: Two students go on a shooting ram

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-21

April 21st, 1910Writer and humorist Mark Twain dies of heart disease in Redding Connecticut at age 74, among his works, Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and The Prince and the Pauper. 1926: We can make sense of the future if we understand the lessons of

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-22

April 22nd, 1994: In New York, former President Richard Nixon dies at age 81, just days after suffering a stroke. Others may hate you, those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.Nixon pursued Cold War detente and

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-23

April 23rd, 1564: To be or not to be, that is the question. William Shakespeare is believed to have been born on this day in Stratford-upon-Avon England. The poet and dramatist, known as the Bard, one of the greats in world literature, dies on the sa

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-25

April 25th, 1874. Radio pioneer Marconi is born in Bologna, Italy. 1507. Amercia gets its name nearly 15 years after Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World.A German cartographer first uses the term on a world map to refer to the huge la

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-26

April 26th, 1986The worlds worst nuclear accident happens at Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire at the plant kills at least 31 people, spewing radioactive clouds into the atmosphere that winds carry as fa

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-27

April 27th, 1822Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War general who later served as president, is born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Grant led Union forces during the wars final years, receiving the Confederates surrender at Appomattox. 1521Portuguese explorer Fe

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-28

April 28th1945A violent end for Italys dictator， Benito Mussolini during the last days of World War II in Europe, Italian resistance fighters executed Mussolini and his mistress as they tried to flee the country. 1937Saddam Hussein, dictator of Ira

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-18

April 18th，1906A devastating earthquake strikes San Francesco, flattening buildings and setting off raging fires. Estimates of the final death toll range between 3,000 and 6,000 in one of the worst natural disasters ever to hit an American city. 17

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-05-17

May 17th, 1954In Washington, the US Supreme Court strikes down racially segregated public schools as separate and unequal. The courts ruling in Brownversus Board of Education of Topeka, fuels Americas civil rights movement and eventual end of illegal

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-05-02

May 2nd, 1945The end is near for World War II in Europe, the Soviet Union announces the fall of Nazi Germany's capital Berlin， and the Allies announce the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria. 1519Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Re

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-05-03

May 3rd, 1469: Niccolo Machiavelli, the philosopher who gave new meaning to what's now known as the political hardball， is born in Florence, Italy. 1948: The U.S. Supreme Court rules covenants barring the sale of real estate to blacks or members of

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-05-05

May 5th, 1961Alan Shepard becomes Americas first space travelerblasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 3, 2, 1, 0， ignition. Shepard makes a 15-minute suborbital flight on boardhis Mercury capsule dubbed Freedom 7. 1821Frances former ruler Napol

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-05-10

May 10th,1869A Promontory Utah, a golden spike is driven into the ground, completing the first trans-continental railroad in United States. 1933Months after taking power in Germany, the Nazi stage massive public burnings of books considered to have u

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-05-13

May 13th,1981Somebody said, its the Pope, hes shot,you know we just shocked, it was just unbelievable.At the Vatican, Pope John Paul II is shot and seriously wounded by a Turkish gunman in St. Peter's Square. The-pontiff recovers and a few years late

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-05-16

May 16th,1868In Washington, the US Senate fails by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson on the first article of impeachment against him. Johnson is eventually acquitted on all charges prompted by his clashes with the post Civil War Congress a