历史上的今天-Today in History 2015-02-04（在线收听） |
February 4th, 1945In the final month of World War II in Europe, the top Allied leaders meet at Yalta in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. President Franklin Roosevelt, Britain’s Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin discuss plans for Nazi Germany’s defeat and its post-war occupation . 1997A civil jury in Santa Monica, California finds O.J. Simpson liable for the death of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman.
Goldman’s father Fred:”Our family is grateful for a verdict of responsibility which is all we ever wanted. And we have it, thank God.”
1974Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst is kidnapped in Berkley, California by a group calling itself the Symbionese Liberation Army. Hearst who is captured the following year says her kidnappers have brainwashed her into committing robbery and extortion.
2004The Massachusetts high court says same-sex couples are entitled to nothing less than marriage and that civil unions are not sufficient.
1976In Central America, a severe earthquake strikes Guatemala and Honduras, killing more than 22,000 people.
And 1902 Lucky Lindy! Up in the sky. Fair or windy, he's flying highAviator Charles Lindbergh, who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, is born in Detroit.
Today in History, February 4st, Bryant Thomas, the Associated Press. |
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