历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-04-04（在线收听） |
April 4th, 1968 - The Reverend Martin Luther King, Junior is assassinated on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. The civil rights leader was 39 years old. “And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land!” James Earl Ray, King's confessed assassin, who later claimed his innocence, spends the rest of his life behind bars. 1841 - In Washington, President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, just one month after his inauguration. Harrison is the first U.S. chief executive to die in office and his presidency remains the briefest.
1974 - In Cincinnati, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 714th career home run tying baseball great Babe Ruth's record. Aaron breaks that record days later.
And 1928 - “The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change.” Maya Angelou, poet, writer, actress, and African-American activist, is born in Saint Louis.
Today in History, April 4th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press. |
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