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EXPLORATIONS - A Beloved Family Pet Dies. What Does a Mother Tell Her Children? MARIO RITTER: This is EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Im Mario Ritter. What do you do when a family pet dies? How would you explain the death of a dog or cat to a yo
Former Somali President Yusuf Dies at 77 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed spent a lifetime fighting. He famously led an attempt to overthrow Somali President Mohammed Siad Barre in 1978, but failed, fled to Kenya and then to Ethiopia. There, he formed a rebel f
There were 12 more trials of Nazis in Nuremberg after the first (and most famous) international criminal trial. Whitney Harris was the last living courtroom prosecutor from that initial proceeding. The last surviving courtroom prosecutor from the fir
The last known American veteran of World War I died Sunday at his home in West Virginia. Former U.S. Army Corporal Frank Buckles was 110 years old. VOA Pentagon Correspondent Al Pessin had the chance to speak to Mr. Buckles several years ago and file
Former Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, the founder of the world's largest gas company Gazprom, has passed away at the age of 72. No cause of death has been released. Viktor Chernomyrdin was the longest serving prime minister in post-Sovie
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's Friday, which means we hear from StoryCorps. Many of us spent Thanksgiving with family and friends. And today, we have a story about those who are alone. David Wynn and Carolyn Lyon volunteer at St. Jose
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One of the most famous scientists of our time has died. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist whose early work on black holes transformed how scientists think about the nature of the universe. But his fame wasn't just a res
February 2nd 1943, a major victory for the Soviets Union during World War II, as the last of Nazi Germanys forces in the Battle of Stalingrad, surrender. The Nazis and axis partner lost some 800,000 troops in a month-long battle. The Soviets lost mor
January 24th 1848 In Northern California,James Marshall finds a gold nugget at Sutters Mills a discovery that sparks The Gold Rush the following year. 1965 in London ,former British prime minister Winston Churchill who led his nation through the dark
March 27th, 1997 - In Nashville, Dexter King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., meets with James Earl Ray in prison for assassinating the civil rights leader. I just wanna ask you for the record: hum, did you kill my father? No, no, I didn't. Dexter Kin
June 5th, 1968So, my thanks to all of you, and now its on to Chicago, and lets win there. In Los Angeles, Senator Robert F. Kennedy is fatally shot, after claiming victory in California's Democratic Presidential Primary. Reporter Andrew West is there
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
May 23rd,1945In Germany, top Nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide in Allied custody weeks after the Third Reich fall in World War II. As head of Nazi police forces Himmler oversaw the killing of millions of Jews in the Holocaust and crushed
May 16th, 1868. In Washington, the U.S. Senate fails by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson on the first article of impeachment against him. Johnson is eventually acquitted on all charges prompted by his clashes with the Post Civil War Congr
August 5th, 1962You never felt anything for anybody in your life. All you know is the sad words. You could blow up the world, and all you'd feel is sorry for yourself! Actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her Los Angeles home at age 36. Her death
September 12th, 2001It's the day after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington that killed thousands of Americans. In New York, stunned rescue workers search for bodies in the smoking rubble of the World Trade Center. And in Washington, Pres
August 6th, 1945For the first time a nuclear weapon is used in warfare. The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. The blast and its aftermath kill an estimated 140,000 people. President Harry Truman: We have used
September 7th, 1940Nazi Germany begins heavy bombing of London and other major cities in Britain during World War II. CBS reporter Edward R. Morrow describes the devastation of what becomes known as the Blitz. One may see, in the light of flares, car
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
February 13th, 1935In New Jersey, Bruno Richard Hauptmann is found guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap and death of aviator Charles Lindberghs infant son. The following year, Hauptmann dies in the electric chair, insisting to the end that he