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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-02
August 2nd, 1964The Pentagon reports the first of two attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. Days later, President Lyndon Johnson orders the first bombing raids on North Vietnamese military installations.
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-01
August 1st, 1966Charles Whitman goes on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas clock tower in Austin. With a high-powered rifle, he kills 14 people and wounds nearly three dozen others, hours after murdering his wife and mother. The killing en
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-04
August 4th 1944During World War II, Anne Frank and her family are among 8 people arrested in German-occupied Amsterdam. That happens when Nazi police raid the secret annex of her father's office building where they have been hiding. Anne's father Ott
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-03
August 3rd, 1492. Explorer Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain on his first voyage across the Atlantic that takes him to the present day Americas. 1914. Europe deepens its descent into World War I as Germany declares war on France just days aft
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-05
August 5th, 1962. You never felt anything for anybody in your life. All you know is the bad 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 deat
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-06
August 6th, 1945. For 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 us
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-07
August 7th, 1998. Bombs explode minutes apart outside the US embassies in the Eastern African nations of Kenya and Tanzania. The blasts kill more than 200 people including a dozen Americans and injure thousands more. Osama bin Ladens al-Qaida terror
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-07-31
July 31st, 1964. Ranger VII transmits pictures of the Moon back to Earth before the American space probe smashes on to the lunar surface. 5 years later, the first men set foot on the Moon during NASAs Apollo XI mission. 1777. A young nobleman from Fr
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-07-26
July 26th, 1948. President Harry Truman signs an executive order to effectively end racial segregation in the US military. It happens a year after Truman signs the National Security Act, which creates the Defense Department and the CIA. 1953. Fidel C
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-08
August 8th, 1974I have never been a quitter. In Washington, President Richard Nixon says he will resign, amid damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal. I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be swo
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-07-29
July 29th, 1981. Britains Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, leads the ceremony. Charles Philip Arthur George, wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife? I will
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-09
August 9th, 1945The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Japan during WWII. This time, the target is the city of Nagasaki, where the nuclear blast kills an estimated 74-thousand people. President Harry Truman: If Japan does not surrender, bomb
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-12
August 12th, 1972. The last American combat troops leave Vietnam. All remaining US troops are withdrawn the next year as part of the Paris Peace Accords. Vietnam is reunified under Communist rule more than 2 years after that ceasefire agreement is re
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-15
August 15th, 1945, whats known as VJ Day. The United States and its Allies mark the effective end of World War II after 6 years of fighting. They celebrate the defeat of the axis powers a day after Japan agrees to an unconditional surrender. 1969. In
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历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-14
August 14th, 1945. This is a victory of more than arms alone; this is a victory of liberty over tyranny. In Washington, President Harry Truman announces Japans unconditional surrender, ending WWII. Weeks later, a surrender ceremony on the USS Missour
