历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-03（在线收听） |
April 3rd, 1968In Memphis, Tennessee, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. gives this speech on the night before his assassination: “We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn't matter with me now. Because I have been to the mountaintop.” 1936, Bruno Richard Hauptmann is electrocuted in Trenton, New Jersey for the kidnap and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son.
1948, President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan. The eight-package helps Europe allies rebuild after World War II and resist Communism.
1882, Jesse James, the notorious Wild West outlaw is shot to death in St. Joseph, Missouri. Robert Ford, a member of the James gang pulls the trigger. James’s brother Frank surrenders a month later.
1860, another iconic chapter from America’s Wild West years. The legendary Pony Express begins service between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California.
And 1924, actor Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Among his movie credits: “A Streetcar Named Desire,” "On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather". Today In History, April 3rd, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press. |
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