历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-05-14（在线收听） |
May 14th1607, colonists travel ashore to Virginia to begin building Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the western hemisphere. 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark leave Saint Louis on their expedition to explore the Louisiana territory in what’s then America’s uncharted west. 1948, in Tel Aviv, the independent State of Israel, the World’s only Jewish state is proclaimed, as British rule in what’s then known as Palestine, comes to an end. 1973, NASA launches Skylab, America’s first manned space station into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1944, movie producer George Lucas, whose films include the Star War series and American Graffiti is born in Modesto California.
1998, singer and actor Frank Sinatra, also known as the Ol' Blue Eyes and chairman of the board dies in Los Angeles at age 82.
Today In History, May 14th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press. |
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