历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-14(在线收听

 July 14th 1789Start of the French Revolution whose impact is felt across Europe for generations to come. Citizens in Paris storm the Bastille Prison,a symbol of the French Monarchy’s tyranny and release 7 prisoners inside.

1881Well, this is how Billy, the kid led his fame.
William H.Bonney Junior ,the outlaw known as “Billy the Kid” is shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
1966Richard Speck murders 8 student nurses in a Chicago dormitory.He spends the rest of his life behind bars, dying in prison more than 25 years later.
1965NASA’s Merida fourth space probe flies by Mars, sending back the first pictures of the red plannet surface.
And 1912.
“This land is your land ,and this land is my land.From California, to the New York Island…”Woody Guthrie, the folk music legend whose songs include “This Land Is Your Land” is born in Okemah,Oklahoma.
Today in history,July 14th Mike Gracia,the Associated Press.
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