历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-08-06（在线收听） |
August 6th, 1945. For the first time a nuclear weapon is used in warfare. The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. The blast and its aftermath kill an estimated 140,000 people. President Harry Truman:" We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans. We shall continue to use it until we completely destroy Japan's power to make war."1965. In Washington, a victory for America Civil Rights Movement, as President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act. The law lifts barriers in segregated states of the South aimed at preventing blacks from exercising their right to vote. 1978. Pope Paul VI dies in Castel Gandolfo, Italy at age eighty. His successor Pope John Paul I dies after thirty-three days as pontiff. He is followed by Pope John Paul II.
1881. Alexander Flemming, the scientist behind the discovery of the antibiotics agent—Penicillin, is born in Lochfield, Scotland.
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Funk singer Rick James dies of a heart attackat his home in Los Angeles. He was fifty-six years old.
Today in History, August 6th. Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press. |
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