历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-01(在线收听

 February 1st, 2003"Communication was lost with the space shuttle Columbia at 8:00 a.m. Central Time." For the second time in nearly two decades, a space shuttle mission ends in tragedy. Space shuttle Columbia breaks up during re-entry, killing all 7 crew members on board. President George W. Bush tells their grieving families: "You're not alone, our entire nation grieves with you, and those you loved will always have the respect and gratitude of this country." 1968, One of the most searing images of the Vietnam War caught by Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams, the police chief in South Vietnam's capital Saigon executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head during the Tet Offensive.

1979, Ending nearly 15 years in exile, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini arrives in Tehran to a tumultuous welcome. He becomes the country's supreme leader as an Islamic fundamentalist regime replaces the deposed Shah of Iran.
And 1901, "There's one thing I do know is that I love you, Scarlett. In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you." Actor Clark Gable, the silver screen leading man, best-known for his role as Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind, is born in Ohio.
Today in History, February 1st, Carol Bradley, the Associated Press.
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