历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-03(在线收听

 October 3rd, 1995In California, a verdict in the murder trial of ex-football player O.J. Simpson, “In the jury of the New Orleans type of election finds the defendant Orenthal James Simpson is not guilty for the kind of murder.” Simpson is found not guilty of killing his ex-wife Nicole and Ronald Goldman. Two years later, a civil trial finds Simpson liable for the slayings, ordering him to pay millions of dollars to the victims' families.

1226,Saint Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan order, dies. Known for his devotion to the poor, he is made a Catholic saint two years later.
1990,West and East Germany become one country again, reunifying after 45 years apart. That division lasted from the Nazi defeat in WWII through the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. 1951,Baseball's “shot heard round the world”, in the deciding National League playoff game in New York. Bobby Thomson with the New York Giants hits a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers and head for World Series, losing to the New York Yankees. And 1955,Birth of two children's TV classics. Captain Kangaroo arrives on CBS, while the Mickey Mouse Club premieres on ABC. Today in History, October 3rd, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
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