历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-03-23（在线收听） |
March 23rd, 1775A famous call for American independence from Britain, Patrick Henry tells the Virginia Provincial Convention, “Give me liberty or give me death.” The American Revolution begins just weeks later. 1933Germany's Parliament, the Reichstag effectively gives dictatorial powers to Adolf Hitler. More than a dozen years later, Hitler's rule ends in the wake of World War II and a holocaust.
1983President Ronald Reagan proposes developing technology to intercept nuclear missiles--the plan the critics dub “Star Wars.”
“I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who give us nuclear weapons to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind in world peace, to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons, impotent and obsolete.”
2001Russia's orbiting Mir space station ends its 15-year odyssey with a fiery plunge into the South Pacific.
And 1998“My heart will go on and on...”
The disaster epic Titanic wins 11 Oscars, tying the record for the most Academy Award wins. The other films that share that honor, Ben-Hur and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Today in History, March 23rd, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press. |
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