历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-29（在线收听） |
April 29th,1992Rioting hits Los Angeles, killing 55 people and causing a billion dollars in property damage. It happens after four white police officers are acquitted of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of black motorist, Rodney King. Amid the violence, King appeals for calm. 1945Near the end of World War II in Europe, American soldiers liberate Dachau, Nazi Germany’s first concentration camp. And in Berlin, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler marries longtime companion, Eva Braun. They commit suicide the next day.
1974President Richard Nixon says he is releasing edited transcripts of some secretly made White House tapes related to the Watergates scandal. Nixon resigns months later as the scandal forces him from office.
1954Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, star of the hit TV sitcom that bears his name is born in Brooklyn, New York.
And 1899Duke Ellington, Jazz composer, bandleader and pianist, is born in Washington D.C.
Today in History, April 29th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press. |
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