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President Bush Attends Reopening of the National Museum of American History THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Laura and I are thrilled to be here. We are honored you would invite us to reopen one of the country's great civic institutions -- the Smithsonian'
THIS IS AMERICA - November 18, 2002: National Visionary Leadership Project By Cynthia Kirk VOICE ONE: An organization in Washington, D-C, is teaching young people about black history in an interesting
1. Auditions for “American Idol” scheduled in Memphis have been canceled. Producers cited the extensive Hurricane Katrina relief efforts being coordinated in the city. Fox television said the audi
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. In eighteen fifty, the United States Congress debated a proposal for an important compromise. The compromise dealt mostly with the national dispute over slavery. T
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: End of the New Deal STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. By the middle of the nineteen thirties, America seemed to be moving out of the worst depression in
California Gold Rush Pulls Americans West 加州淘金热拉动美国西部发展 From VOA Learning English, this is The Making of a Nation. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. And Im Christopher Cruise. In 1847, California became a US territory. Most Americans at
开拓人还是掠夺者 美国哥伦布日引发争议 October 12 is significant as the date explorer Christopher Columbus landed in what became known as the New World. 为了纪念克里斯托弗哥伦布于1492年10月12日首次登上美洲大陆,
Ladies and gentlemen, the BeatlesFebruary 9th 1964 Beatlemania hits primetime in the United States. Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you,Remember I'll always be true The Fab 4 makes their first live appearance on American tv on T
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 But the colonies balk the taxation without representation and the Act was repealed the next year.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
March 19th, 2003 - For 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
February 20th 1962 God Speed,John Glenn Two,One,zero. Roger, The clock is operating. We are under way., Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth lifting off aboard the Mercury Space Capsule Friendship 7. 2003 A fire during a
June 3rd, 1965. Get back in. OK. come back in now. Astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to walk in space during the Gemini IV mission. 1989, Irans spiritual leader the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini dies in Tehran. Khomeinis rise to power i
Mar 20th, 2003 - American and British forces invade Iraq from neighbouring Kuwait.Associated Press correspondent Ross Simpson is with the US Marines.See a gala T-55 Iraqi tank and give some mechanized infantry .Just a few minutes and we cross the ber
August 12th, 1972The last American combat troops leave Vietnam. All remaining US troops are withdrawn the next year as part of the Paris Peace Accords. Vietnam is reunified under Communist rule more than 2 years after that ceasefire agreement is reac
June 3rd, 1965Astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to walk in space during the Gemini IV mission. 1989Irans spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini dies in Tehran. Khomeinis rise to power in the Islamic Revolution led to the hostage
April 18th,1906A devastating earthquake strikes San Francesco, flattening buildings and setting off raging fires. Estimates of the final death toll range between 3,000 and 6,000 in one of the worst natural disasters ever to hit an American city. 17
April 9th, 1865The American Civil War effectively ends after four years and more than a half million death. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his forces to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. 2003Iraqi celeb
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 tells
March 5th, 1770The Boston Massacre takes place, an event that contributes to the outbreakof the American Revolution a few years later. It happens when British soldiers in Boston, taunted by a crowd of American colonists, open fire and kill five peopl
March 1st, 1932, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped from the aviators home near in Hopewell, New Jersey. More than two months later, the childs remains are found near the Lindbergh home. Bruno Hauptmann is convicted of the babys kidnap