历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-09（在线收听） |
September 9th, 1971Inmates seize control of the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. After a four-day siege, police and guards storm the maximum security prison near Buffalo. The ordeal leaves 32 inmates and 11 prison employees dead with hundreds more wounded. 1976Mao Zedong, founding leader of Communist China, dies in Beijing at age 82 after years of tumultuous and autocratic rule.
Under Mao’s successors, China embraces free market reforms, becoming one of the world’s fastest growing economies.
1956A milestone in early rock’ n ’roll, Elvis Presley makes the first of three celebrated TV appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show on CBS.
And 1941Otis Redding, the soul singer and songwriter is born in Dawson, Georgia. Among his songs, Respect, best known as a hit for Aretha Franklin, Try a Little Tenderness and Sittin’ On the Rock of the Bay.
Today in History, September 9th, Carload Bradley, the Associated Press. |
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