历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-02-17(在线收听

 February, 17th 1992In Milwaukee, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer receives his series of life sentences for his grisly string of murders. Dahmer has admitted to killing 17 young men and boys, some of whom he had mutilated and cannibalized. Just a few years later, Danhmer has beaten to death by a fellow inmate behind bars. 1801 In Washington, the House of Representatives breaks in an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The House chooses Jefferson to be America’s third president, Burr becomes his vice president. 1996World chess champion Garry Kasparov beats Deep Blue, the IBM Super Computer in the 6-game-match in Philadelphia. “I knew that I could learn much better, because my opponent would need more time to learn, and to come back with a really sophisticated counterstrategy.”

The following year, Kasparov loses to Deep Blue in a rematch.
1963“I’m not afraid to take on a challenge I’m not afraid to take a step. And if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on.”
Michael Jordan, one of pro-basketball’s greatest all-time players is born in Brooklyn, NY.
And 1976“Take it easy, take it easy…” The Eagles release their greatest hits 1971-1975 album, still the best-selling album in the US every. Today in History. February, 17th. Bryant Thomas, the Associated Press.
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