历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-27

April 27th, 1822. Ulysses 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 Confederate's surrender at Appomattox. 1521. Portuguese explore

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-23

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 same

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-17

April 17th, 1961. Hundreds of Cuban exiles trained by the CIA invade Cuba's Bay of Pigs trying to topple Fidel Castro from power. But the invasion fails a political embarrassment for President John F. Kennedy just months after taking office. This was

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-07

April 7th 1994Civil war erupts in Rwanda a day after its leader and the President of Burundi are killed in a mysterious plane crash. In the months that follow, hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsis and Hutu intellectuals are slaughtered in the cen

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-01

April 1st, 2001. Slobodan Milo?evi? is arrested after a standoff outside his Belgrade villa. The former Yugoslav leader is soon transported to the Netherlands to face charges before UN war crimes tribunal. Milo?evi? dies in custody 5 years later whil

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-03-31

March 31st, 1968With America divided over the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson makes a surprise election year announcement. I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.1889In Paris, engine

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-03

April 3rd, 1968In Memphis, Tennessee, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. gives this speech on the night before his assassination: We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn't matter with me now. Because I have been to the mounta

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-02

April 2nd, 2005Pope John Paul II dies at his apartment in The Vatican at age 84. He led the Roman Catholic Church for 26 years and helped topple communism in Eastern Europe. May Christ give you his grace and his peace, overturning the barriers of div

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-05

April 5th, 1986 A bombing at a disco in what's then West Berlin kills an American soldier and a Turkish woman. The US retaliates more a week later with an air-raid on Libya narrowly missing its leader Moammar Gadhafi. 1964, Old soldiers never die, th

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-02-28

Feb 28th, 1953, in Britain, scientists say and they found the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes. Years later, Francis Crick describes this discovery that he and fellow scientist James Watson made. Biological sy

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-06

April 6th, 1917. over there, The United States enters WWI on the side of the Allies as Congress declares war on Germany. 1909. Explorers Robert Peary and Matthew Henson lead the first successful expedition to reach the North Pole. 1896. The first mod

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-09

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

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-10

April 10th, 1998. In Northern Ireland, peace talks conclude with a landmark deal aimed at ending 30 years of a bitter rival reason bloody attacks. Negotiators sign The Good Friday Agreement, calling for power-sharing between Protestants and Catholics

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-02-05

Feburary 5th 1937. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes boosting the number of justices on the US 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 can b

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-13

Hello, everyone. Today is April 13th. And on this day in 1743,Thomas Jefferson, future president and drafter of Declaration of Independence, was born. The top political theorist in early America, Jefferson played an enormous role in shaping early Ame

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-14

April 14th, 1865...with mournful tread. Walk the deck my captain lies. Fallen cold and dead.In Washington, President Abraham Lincoln is shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater. Lincoln who led the United States through 4 year

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-15

April 15th, 1912, just hours after hitting an iceberg, the Titanic sinks off the coast of Newfoundland. About 1,500 people on board the British luxury liner perish in the waters of the icy North Atlantic. 1865, President Abraham Lincoln dies in Washi

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-12

April 12th, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, 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 Depressi

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-08

April 8th, 2005. At the Vatican, world leaders join pilgrims in Roman Catholic clergy in St. Peter Square for the funeral of Pope John Paul II. 1973. Pablo 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 2012-03-20

Mar 20th, 2003. American and British forces invade Iraq from neighbouring Kuwait. Associated Press correspondent Ross Simpson is with the US Marines. They got a T-55 Iraqi tank and give some mechanized infantry. Just a few minutes and we cross the be