历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-01-15（在线收听） |
January 15th, 1929. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta. King's non-violent campaign to end legal segregation of African-Americans in the south included the march on Washington. "I have a dream, my 4 little children one day lived in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, I have a dream today!"1973. President Richard Nixon suspends all U.S. offensive action in Vietnam, citing progress at the peace talks in Paris. That's where a peace agreement is signed days later, paving the way for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam. 1559. England's Queen Elizabeth I whose country roles on the world's stage during her long rule is crowned in London's Westminster Abbey. 1943. Work is completed on the Pentagon, home of the Defense Department and one of the world's largest office buildings. And 1967. The first Super Bowl takes place in Los Angeles, with the Green Bay Packer beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35 to 10.
Today in History, January 15th, Carload Bradley, the Associated Press. |
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