历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-05-13(在线收听

 May 13th,1981"Somebody said, it’s the Pope, he’s shot,you know we just shocked, it was just unbelievable."At the Vatican, Pope John Paul II is shot and seriously wounded by a Turkish gunman in St. Peter's Square. The-pontiff recovers and a few years later, he visits his would-be assassin Mehmet AliA?ca behind bars. 1607A ship carrying English settlers arrives at the site of what becomes the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. 1940" I, have never promised anything, but blood, toil, tears, and sweat."In London, Winston Churchill gives his first speech as Britain's Prime Minister during some of his country’s darkest days of World War II.

1846The United States declares war on Mexico, days after the two neighbors clash in their first major battle in Texas. The war ends with the American victory, forcing Mexico to give up territory from California to the Rio Grande. And 1950Stevie Wonder, singer, songwriter, and one of the Motown's most successful artists is born in Saginaw, Michigan. Today in History, May 13th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press. 
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