历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-02-08

February 8th, 1999In the Middle East, hundreds of world leaders, many of them bitter enemies, attend the funeral of King Hussein in Jordan. 1915The Birth of a Nation, a silent movie epic about the civil war premieres in Los Angeles. D.W. Griffiths wo

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-03-09

March 9th, 1954. Journalist Edward R. Murrow takes on Senator Joe McCarthys anti-Communist campaign. Murrow critically reviews McCarthys tactics on his See It Now Program on CBS. The actions of the junior senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-02-25

February 25th 1986People power in the Philippines, long-time leader Ferdinand Marcos flees the country amid mass protest after a tainted election. Corazon Aquino who ran against Marcos in that election is installed as a new president. 1956In Moscow,

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-03-10

March 10th 1876In 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 assa

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-03-11

March 11th, 2004Bombs strike the commuter rail network in Spains capital, Madrid. The attack linked to the al-Qaide terror network, kills 191 people and wounds more than 2,000 others. 2006Former Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milosevic is found dead i

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-03-12

March 12th, 1938In Europe, Nazi Germany's troops march into neighboring Austria. The next day, Adolf Hitler annexes his homeland. Austria remains part of Nazi Germany until the final days of WWII. 1933,My friend, I want to talk for a few minutes with

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-03-13

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 2014-03-08

March 8th, 1965, America deepens its military involvemnt in Southeast Asia, as the first US combat troops land in South Vietnam. 3,500 marines arrive to defend the US air base in Da Nang. Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams is there. The marine

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-03-31

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 2014-03-26

March 26th, 1979In Washington, leaders of Israel and Egypt sign a peace treaty at the White House. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, No more wars, no more bloodsheds, no more bereavements. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever. Egyptian Presid

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-03-28

March 28th, 1979America's worst commercial nuclear accident takes place at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania. Though the health effects are considered small, the accident strengthens opposition to the nation's nuclear power in

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-03-30

March 30th, 1981. Outside a Washington hotel, John Hinckley Jr. shoots President Ronald Reagan and 3 others. Presidential aide Lyn Nofziger: The President has been shot once in the left chest, the bullet entered from his left side. The shooting serio

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-04-01

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 2014-02-21

February 21st 1965to resort to any means necessary to bring about justice where the government can't give them justice. Malcolm X, the former Black Muslim leader is shot to death during a speech in New York City. He was 39. Three black Muslims are id

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-04-03

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 2014-03-20

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

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-03-25

March 25, 1965. 25,000 civil rights marchers arrive at the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. leads the marchers in protesting the denial of voting rights to blacks in the South. However difficult the moment, however frustra

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-03-23

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 2014-03-22

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 2014-03-18

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