历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-03-24(在线收听

 March 24th, 1999NATO launches US-led airstrikes against Yugoslavia over the Kosovo crisis. President Bill Clinton tells the American people, "We have acted with resolve for several reasons. We act to protect thousands of innocent people in Kosovo from a mounting military offensive."1989America's worst oil spill takes place in Alaska's Prince William Sound. The tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground on a reef and begins to leak millions of gallons of crude.

1958Singer Elvis Presley is inducted into the US army in Memphis Tennessee. He serves in Germany for 2 years.
1955In New York, the Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Reef opens on Broadway.
And 2002"And it's for every nameless, faceless woman of color who now has a chance because the door tonight has been opened." Halle Berry becomes the first black actress to win an Oscar for a leading role for Monster's Ball and Denzel Washington becomes the second black actor to win a best actor Oscar for Training Day.
Today in History, March 24th, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
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