历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-16

October 16th, 1859 John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave, But his soul goes marching on An incident that brings America closer to Civil War. Abolitionist John Brown's raid on a Federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry in whats now West Virginia, h

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-18

October 18th, 1931Inventor Thomas Edison dies in West Orange, New Jersey at age 84. Among his many inventions --- the electric light bulb, the phonograph and the motion-picture camera. 1962,Three scientists are named winners of the Nobel Prize for Me

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-20

I have given him absolute authority. October 20th, 1973, in Washington, a chapter during the Watergate scandal known as the Saturday Night Massacre: President Richard Nixon orders the firing of Archibald Cox-the Watergate special prosecutor. But Atto

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-21

October 21st, 1879A coiling filament glowing within What way the oil lamps and candles? Thomas Edison perfects a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. 2001Postal worker in Washington D.C. dies from inhaled anthrax as of

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-22

Of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba October 22nd, 1962, Cold War superpowers reach the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. President John F. Kennedy announces an air and naval blockade of Cuba after Soviet missile b

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-23

October 23rd, 1983In Lebanon, a suicide truck bomb strikes U.S. Marine Headquarters at Beirut International Airport.The blast kills 241 marines and American sailors, part of an international peace-keeping force. At about the same time, another attack

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-24

October 24th, 1945 Birth of the United Nations. The charter of the global organziation takes effect, nearly two months after the Japanese surrender ending WWII. 1952,Dwight Eisenhower promises to bring the Korean War to an end. The Republican candida

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-19

October 19th 1781The decisive victory in the Revolutionary War, British troops under Lord Cornwallis surrender to American and French forces at the battle of Yorktown in Virginia. In a peace treaty a few years later, Britain officially recognizes the

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-24

November 24th, 1963, in Dallas, a scene caught on live TV that shocks America just days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. There is Lee Harvey Oswald. Hes been shot. Hes been shot! Lee Oswald has been shot! Theres a man with a gun.

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-13

October 13th, 1792In the District of Columbia, the cornerstone is laid for the Executive Mansion, what we now called the White House. Its first occupants, President John Adams and wife Abigail move in when construction is nearly complete some 8 years

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-25

November 25th, 1963Three days after he's slain in Dallas, the body of President John F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. 1986In Washington, new details about the Iran-Contra Affair engulf President Ronald Reagans administration

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-26

November 26th, 1950, China, under its new communist leader Mao Zedong, enters the Korean War on the side of neighbor and communist ally North Korea. Chinese troops launch a counteroffensive against the American-led force, under the UN banner and troo

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-27

November 27th, 1978, in San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, are shot to death at City Hall. Former City Supervisor Dan White who pulled the trigger goes on trial for murder, but hes convicted of

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-28

November 28th, 1520Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name. The Portuguese navigator crosses the Pacific and is killed in the Philippines in the following years. But Magella

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-29

November 29th, 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson names a commission to investigate President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas. The bipartisan panel，chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren, becomes known as the Warren Commission. It later conc

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-30

November 30th, 1874, I have never promised anything but blood, tears, toil and sweat. Sir Winston Churchill，the British statesman who led his people through WWII is born in Blenheim Palace, England. 1835, writer and humorist Mark Twain, author of H

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-01

December 1st, 1955Whats considered the birth of the modern Civil Rights Movement takes place in Montgomery, Alabama. I would just like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and have the same rights and privileges as anybody else. Rosa Pa

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-02

December 2nd, 1954Traitors are not gentleman, my good friends. They don't understand being treated like gentlemen. In Washington, the U.S. Senate takes the rare step of condemning one of its own, Joseph McCarthy, Republican of Wisconsin. McCarthy is

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-03

December 3rd, 1967, surgeons in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, perform the first human heart transplant. The patient Louis Washkansky lives 18 days with his new heart. 1984, a horrific industrial accident kills thousands of p

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-04

December 4th, 1991Freedom at last for Terry Anderson, the Associated Press correspondent, held hostage in Lebanon, Anderson is released after nearly 7 years in captivity held longer in Lebanon than any other western hostage. 1992President George H.W.