历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-09（在线收听） |
November 9th 1989A sign that the end of the Cold War is near as joyous Germans dance atop the Berlin Wall. Communist East Germany throws open its borders, allowing its citizens to travel freely to the West. 1938What becomes known as Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass in Germany and Austria. That's where the Nazis loot and burn synagogues as well as Jewish-owned stores and houses.
1965A series of power failures plunges the Northeast into darkness for 13 and a half hours. The blackout leaves 30 million people in 7 states and 2 Canadian provinces without electricity.
1953Dylan Thomas, the Welsh author and poet dies in New York at age 39.
And 2003Actor Art Carney who played Ed Norton in the classic TV sitcom the Honeymooners dies in Connecticut at age 85.
Today in History, November 9th, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press. |
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