历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-21

June 21st, 1964In Philadelphia, Mississippi, three civil rights workers disappear while trying to help blacks register to vote. Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are ambushed and killed by Ku Klux Klansmen. Six weeks later, their bod

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-16

June 16th, 1858In Illinois, Abraham Lincoln launches his US Senate bid with the warning about America's split over slavery , arguing the issue must be resolved. Lincoln says a house divided against itself cannot stand. Three years later, the Civil Wa

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-23

June 23rd, 1972In Washington, a key moment for President Richard Nixon and his chief of staff H.R. Haldeman during the Watergate scandal. He discussed using the CIA to block the FBI's probe of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headqua

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-25

June 25th 1950 In Asia, war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula as forces from the communist North invade the non-communist South. United States soon joins the fighting on the side of South Korea. President Harry Truman: Korea is a small county, thous

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-26

June 26th, 1963During the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy visits what's then West Berlin, showing solidarity with its citizens against communism. As a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner. The visit takes place exactly fifteen

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-27

June 27th, 1950President Harry Truman orders American air and naval forces into the Korean War, on the side of South Korea. That happens after the United Nations urges its members to help repel communist North Korea's invasion of the non-communist So

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-28

June 28th, 1914The event that triggers WWI takes place in the Balkans, in southern Europe. A Serb nationalist assassinates Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo, in what's now Bosnia-Herzegovina. On the same day five years later,

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-07-03

July 3rd, 1863. In Pennsylvania, the battle of Gettysburg ends during America 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 2012-07-04

July 4th, 1776In Philadelphia, the birth of the United States of America, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration ofIndependence, proclaiming Britain's 13 colonies to be free. 1826,Former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson each die on

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-07-05

July 5th, 1954. A chapter during the dawn of Rock and Roll takes place at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. Thats where Elvis Presley records the song Thats all right, mamma. during his first commercial recording session. 1946, the bikini bathing su

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-07-01

July 1st, 1863. The bloodiest battle of Americas Civil War begins between Union and Confederate forces in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1946. The worlds first peacetime test of nuclear weapon. The United States explodes the 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bi

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-07-07

July 7th, 2005 I 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 bombers

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-07-08

July 8th, 1853. In Asia, an American expedition led by Commando Matthew Perry arrives in whats now Tokyo Bay, Japan. Its the first step of a US mission that establishes diplomatic and trade relations with Japan, isolated from the West for more than 2

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-18

June 18th 1940 In London, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill tells his people to prepare for their struggle against Nazi Germany during WWII. The history of British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years. Man will still say, this

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-15

June 15th, 1215. In Runnymede, England, King John signs the Magna Carta, or Great Charter, granting liberties to his barons. The document shapes concepts of democracy and constitutional law around the world for centuries to come. 1904. In New York Ci

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-17

June 17th, 1972One of America's greatest political scandals begins to unfold in Washington, D.C.. Five burglars are arrested inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex. Lawrence O'Brien at the time thechairman of t

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-14

June 14th, 1940During WWII, Paris falls into Nazi hands, as German troops enter France's capital. That same day, in German occupied Poland, the Nazis open a concentration camp, at Auschwitz. 1985,Shiite Muslim militants hijack TWA Flight 847 shortly

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-05-06

May 6th, 1937In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the German dirigible Hindenberg burns into flames and crashes upon arriving for landing. Reporter Herbert Morrison is there. Its a terrific day, ladies and gentlemen. The smoke and the flame now, and the flame i

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-05-07

May 7th,1915, during World War I, a torpedo from a German submarine sinks the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. Nearly 1200 people aboard the British ocean liner including 128 Americans are killed. The sinking helps push the United States into join

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-01

June 1st, 1967. We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, we hope you will enjoy the show The Beatles release whats considered one of rocks greatest albums, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. The albums complex and experimental songs make it a