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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: A flag made of reflective tiles at the American History Museum And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we visit Washington's new Capitol Visitor Ce
December 26th, 2004, A tsunami kills more than 200, 000 people, most of them in southern Asia and leaves tens of thousands more missing. Among the countries, hardest hit by deadly waves Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. The tsunami was trigge
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. By eighteen sixty-three, America's northern states and southern states had been fighting a bitter civil war for two years. Both sides felt the pressure of the costly strug
October 29th, 1929On Wall Street, Black Tuesday descends upon the New York Stock Exchange. Stock prices collapse made panic selling, wiping out thousands of investors as Americas Great Depression begins. 2004In a video tape statement, Osama Bin Laden
August 20th, 1998American cruise missiles pound alleged Al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan. The attacks are retaliatory strike after the deadly bombings of two US embassies in East Africa just weeks earlier. Pr
September 2, 1945World War II officially ends, 6 years in the day after the fighting began. That`s when Japan formally surrenders to the Allies on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. President Harry Truman tells Americans: The evil done by the Japan
August 20th, 1998, American cruise missiles pound alleged Al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan. The attacks are retaliatory strike after the deadly bombings of two US embassies in East Africa just weeks earlier.
October 4th, 1957Dawn of the Space Age, as the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit. 1993,A bloody battle in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters are shot down, while gun battles rage between
September 25th, 1957As hundreds of U.S. army troops stand guard 9 black students are escorted into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. That happens two days after unruly white crowds force the children to withdraw from trying to enter the a
October 29th, 1929, on Wall Street, Black Tuesday descends upon the New York Stock Exchange. Stock prices collapse made panic selling, wiping out thousands of investors as Americas Great Depression begins. 2004, in a video tape statement, Osama Bin L
November 1st, 1765The Stamp Act takes effect, as Britain imposes a tax on its American colonists. They respond with stiff resistance and Britain later repeals the Act. But the episode sets the stage for the American Revolution a decade later. 1952,Th
September 2, 1945World War II officially ends, 6 years in the day after the fighting began. That`s when Japan formally surrenders to the Allies on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. President Harry Truman tells Americans: The evil done by the Japan
August 20th, 1998, American cruise missiles pound alleged Al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan. The attacks are retaliatory strike after the deadly bombings of two US embassies in East Africa just weeks earlier.
November 1st, 1765The Stamp Act takes effect, as Britain imposes a tax on its American colonists. They respond with stiff resistance and Britain later repeals the Act. But the episode sets the stage for the American Revolution a decade later. 1952,Th
October 29th, 1929, on Wall Street, Black Tuesday descends upon the New York Stock Exchange. Stock prices collapse made panic selling, wiping out thousands of investors as Americas Great Depression begins. 2004, in a video tape statement, Osama Bin L
August 20th, 1998, American cruise missiles pound alleged Al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan. The attacks are retaliatory strike after the deadly bombings of two US embassies in East Africa just weeks earlier.
September 2, 1945World War II officially ends, 6 years in the day after the fighting began. That`s when Japan formally surrenders to the Allies on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. President Harry Truman tells Americans: The evil done by the Japan
July 23rd 1967Black day in July, Motor City madness has touched the countryside.A week of race-related rioting erupts in Detroit, following a police raid on an after-hours club. The violence kills 43 people and injuries more than 1,000 others, destro
August 20th, 1998, American cruise missiles pound alleged Al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan. The attacks are retaliatory strike after the deadly bombings of two US embassies in East Africa just weeks earlier.
September 2nd, 1945World War II officially ends, 6 years in the day after the fighting began. That`s when Japan formally surrenders to the Allies on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. President Harry Truman tells Americans: The evil done by the Jap