历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-03-10

March 10th, 1876 In Boston, Alexander Graham Bell successfully tests his inventionthe telephone. Bell's assistant hears him say through the device, Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.1969In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to as

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-03-13

March 13th,1852Uncle Sam, the iconic symbol of the United States debuts as a cartoon character in the New York newspaper. 1925, in Tennessee, a law that prohibits the teaching of the theory of evolution takes effect. Months later the law is challenge

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-03-17

March 17th 461 A.D. Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saints for whom St. Patrick's Day is named dies in the Irish village of Saul. Other authorities say Patrick's death happened on this day but more than 3 decades later in 493 A.D. 2003President Georg

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-03-18

March 18th, 1965. Aleksei Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space. The cosmonaut from whats then the Soviet Union leaves his Voskhod 2 capsule secured by a tether. Astronaut Ed White makes the first American space walk months later. 1922. In

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-03-19

March 19th, 2003For the second time in a dozen years, an American-led coalition launches a war against Iraq. Cruise missiles and precision guided bombs are aimed at Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein near the capital, Baghdad. President George W. Bush tel

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-04-25

March 22nd, 1765, Britain enacts the Stamp Act to raise money from its American colonies. But the colonies balk the taxation without representation and the Act was repealed the next year. The conflict helps set the stage for American Revolution in th

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-03-07

A Bloody Sunday for Americas civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama, thats where state troopers and a sheriffs posse attack civil rights marchers pushing to register black voters. The violence leads to two more high-profile marches and later the pas

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-03-23

March 23rd, 1775. A famous call for American independence from Britain. Patrick Henry tells the Virginia Provincial Convention Give me liberty, or give me death. The American Revolution begins just weeks later. 1933. Germanys Parliament, the Reichsta

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-03-21

March 21st, 1965Civil rights demonstrators led by dr. Martin Luther King Junior begin a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. It happens weeks after marchers pushing for black voting rights in the South are attacked in Selma. The marches lead to t

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-02-13

February 13th, 1935In New Jersey, Bruno Richard Hauptmann is found guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap and death of aviator Charles Lindberghs infant son. The following year, Hauptmann dies in the electric chair, insisting to the end that he

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-30

January 30th, 1968A turning point for Americas role in the Vietnam War as the Tet offensive begins. Communist forces launch surprise attacks to Khe Sanh, Vietnam shattering U.S. government claims about the wars progress. 1933Nazi leader Adolf Hitler

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-26

You have to find the answer to that riddle somewhere else. January 26th 1998. President 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

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-24

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

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-22

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

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-31

January 31st 1958America enters the Space Age, successfully launching its first satellite into orbit Explorer One. It happens just months after the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the very first satellite into orbit. 2001 Libyan Intelligence officer i

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-21

January 21st, 1793. In Paris, the French Revolution turns bloody as King Louis XVI condemned for treason is executed on the guillotine. 1924. Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary who founded the Soviet Union, the worlds first Communist state, di

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-23

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

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-02-03

February 3rd 1959If the Bible Tells You So Do you believe in rock 'n roll Can music save your mortal soul. And can you teach me how to dance real slow Well, I know that you're in love with him .Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym Three stars of early

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-28

January 28th, 1986Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after takeoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. All seven crew members on board the Challenger, among them school teacher Christa McAuliffe, are killed. President Ronald Regan tells a shocked

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-02-06

February 6th, 1911You'll forgive me, I'm gonna do it just one more time, you ain't seen nothing yet. President Ronald Reagan, who led the United States into the final years of the Cold War, is born in Tampico, Illinois. The former movie actor is cred