历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-10（在线收听） |
March 10th 1876In Boston, Alexander Graham Bell successfully tests his invention—the telephone. Bell's assistant hears him say through the device, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."1969In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Ray later recants his plea, insisting he is innocent and alleging a conspiracy until he dies behind bars decades later. "Put me on where you stand in front of that real world, will you? What a place."1985Konstantin Chernenko, leader of the Soviet Union for just 13 months dies in Moscow at age 73. Mikhail Gorbachev succeeds Chernenko in the Kremlin.
1980Doctor Herman Tarnower, author of the Scarsdale Diet is shot to death at his home in Purchase, New York. Tarnower's former lover Jean Harris is convicted of murder. She serves nearly a dozen years behind the bars.
And 1965The Odd Couple opens on Broadway. Neil Simon's play about two mismatched roommates is later a hit on TV and soap screen.
Today in History, March 10th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press. |
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