历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-01-12

January 12th 1991. Just days before UN deadline, Congress authorizes President George H. Bush to use force to expel Iraq form Kuwait. The action taken by the United States Congress today is a very important step in hopefully getting Saddam Hussein to

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-01-13

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 2011-01-14

January 14th 1963George 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 of Alabama, trying to block black students f

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-01-15

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 l

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-01-17

January 17th, 1706. Benjamin Franklin, author, publisher, inventor and one of America's most famous Founding Fathers, is born in Boston. 1945 in the final month of World War Ⅱin Europe,Soviet and Polish forces liberate Poland's capital Warsaw from

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-01-18

January 18th, 1943During World War Two, the Soviet Union says it's broken the long Nazi siege of Leningrad. But another year passes before the sieges find lifted in the city, now known as St. Petersburg, Russia. 1912,British explorer Robert F. Scott

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-01-19

January 19th, 1809Poet and author Edgar Allan Poe is born in Boston. Among his classic dark tales, The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart. 1807Robert E. Lee, the Confederate General who surrenders spell the end of the Civil War is born in Westmoreland cou

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-01-01

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 2011-07-02

July 2nd, 1776In Philadelphia, the vote that sets the stage for Americas Declaration of Independence two days later. The Continental Congress passes resolution, saying Britains 13 colonies are and should be free in independence states. 1964In Washing

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-03

July 3rd, 1863In Pennsylvania, the battle of Gettysburg ends during American Civil War. Union forces win a major victory, as Confederate forces retreat after 3 days of fighting, the wars bloodiest. 1775. A key moment during the American Revolution: G

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-08

July 8th, 1853In Asia, an American expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrives in what's now Tokyo Bay, Japan. Its the first step of a U.S. mission that establishes diplomatic and trade relations with Japan, isolated from the West for more than

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 2011-07-13

July 13th, 1985. Here're hours to go in this Live Aid show in Philadelphia, and it looks if no one is leaving early. Live Aid, a global rock concert to raise money for starving people in Africa, takes place in London and Philadelphia. The mammoth eve

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-14

July 14th 1789Start of the French Revolution whose impact is felt across Europe for generations to come. Citizens in Paris storm the Bastille Prison,a symbol of the French Monarchys tyranny and release 7 prisoners inside. 1881Well, this is how Billy,

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-10

July 10th, 1940The Battle of Britain begins during World War II as Nazi forces start attacking southern England by air. Just weeks earlier, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned his people to prepare for the assault. If the British Empire a

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-18

July 18th, 1936. Start of the Spanish Civil War as General Francisco Franco leads the military uprising throughout the country. Franco becomes Spain's dictator 3 years later when his Nationalist forces topple Madrid's Republican government. 1969. Sen

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-11

July 11th, 1995A major step between former foes as the United States normalizes diplomatic relations with Communist Vietnam. That happens more than 20 years after the end of the Vietnam War which killed 58,000 Americans and 3 million Vietnamese. 1804

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-12

July 12th, 100 B.C. Julius Caesar, the Ancient Roman dictator and military conqueror who was assassinated on the Ides of March, is born. 1984,Walter Mondale picks the first woman to run on a major party ticket for the White House. The Democratic pres

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-21

July 21st 1861During the American Civil War, Union and Confederate forces fight the first Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia. The war's first major battle ends in a Confederate victory. So does a Second Battle at Bull Run the following year. 19