April 25th, 1874Radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi is born in Bologna, Italy. In spite of the great distance bodily separating us, you hear my voice as clearly and distinctly as I think you should. 1507,America gets its name, nearly fifteen years after

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December 11, 1936Britains King Edward the VIII becomes the first and only monarch to voluntarily give up his countrys throne . Edward abdicates in order to marry an American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson and he takes the title of the Duke of Winds

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May 10th, 1869they place them up by that without the flowers and mile a track... At Promontory, Utah --- a golden spike is driven into the ground, completing the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. 1933,Months after taking power i

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May 2nd, 1945The end is near for WWII in Europe. The Soviet Union announces the fall of Nazi Germany's capital, Berlin. And the Allies announce the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria. 1519,Leonardo Da Vinci, the Italian Renaissanc

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May 27th, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge opens to the public, connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California. For the bridges first day, only pedestrians were allowed onto the span. Louis Riogiado helped build the famous suspensi

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April 20th, 1889. Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany who ruled for more than a dozen years is born in Austria. Hitlers Third Reigh brought WWII and the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews in Europe. 1999. They didnt care who they shot at, they w

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January 18th, 1943During World War Two, the Soviet Union says it's broken the long Nazi siege of Leningrad. But another year passes before the sieges find lifted in the city, now known as St. Petersburg, Russia. 1912,British explorer Robert F. Scott

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June 30th 1934 Nazi Germany's dictator Adolf Hitler begins his so-called Blood Purge of political and military rivals known as the Night of the Long Knives. 1906A major step forward for America's food and drug safety as President Theodore Roosevelt s

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April 29th, 1992. Rioting hits Los Angeles killing 55 people and causing a billion dollars in property damage. It happens after 4 white police officers are acquitted of almost all state charges in the videotape beating a black motorist Rodney King. A

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June 30th 1934 Nazi Germany's dictator Adolf Hitler begins his so-called Blood Purge of political and military rivals known as the Night of the Long Knives. 1906A major step forward for America's food and drug safety as President Theodore Roosevelt s

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May 27th, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge opens to the public, connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California. For the bridges first day, only pedestrians were allowed onto the span. Louis Riogiado helped build the famous suspensi

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May 26th 1940During World War II, hundreds of thousands of Allied troops begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France. They escape Nazi Germany's advancing forces, making their way across the English Channel to Britain. 1868In Washington, President An

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May 10th, 1869they place them up by that without the flowers and mile a track... At Promontory, Utah --- a golden spike is driven into the ground, completing the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. 1933,Months after taking power i

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Jan 20th 1981. Iran releases 52 Americans taken hostage at the US embassy in Tehran after 444 days in captivity. It happened just minutes after the Ronald Reagan is sworn in as President succeeding Jimmy Carter in the White House. 1961. In Washington

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May 8th, 1945, VE day as the Allies celebrate the end of World War II in Europe with Nazi Germanys defeat. In Washington, President Truman reminds Americans that the war in the pacific is not over yet. Our victory is but half-won. The West is free, b

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May 7th In 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 j

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Wk 19 (7 May 1945) Germany Surrenders To Allied ForcesThis Week in HistoryAfter six years of war, Germany surrenders and Europe is at peace once again. In 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender to the Allied forces led by the USSR, Great Bri

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The Sound of Music is coming home 《音乐之声》重回奥地利 The original stage production of The Sound of Music is to be performed for the first time in the Austrian capital, 40 years after the film was released. 经典电影《音乐之声》上

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France honours de Gaulle 法国对戴高乐将军表示敬意 President Chirac: Not complacent about World War ll 希拉克:不对二战胜利自鸣得意 President Chirac has opened a new museum dedicated to World War II to mark the 60th anniversary

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Milan Mindanao Moammar Gadhafi, 利比亚总统卡扎菲 Mogadishu, the capital of Somali Mohammad Fahim (Afghan Defense Minister) Mohammad Khatami (the president of Iran) Mohammad Zahir Shah (Afghan

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