历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-05-12(在线收听

 May 12th, 1949. The Soviet Union announces an end to its blockade of Berlin, one of the first major crisis of the Cold War. Our reporter from the U.S. Armed Forces Radio Network is on the scene and then divided German city. “The first vehicles are going through. “Crowd of the background, say they are happy about the whole thing.”

1932. In New Jersey, the body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in the wooded area, miles from the aviator’s home. Brumo Richard Hauptmann is later tried and executed for aducting and murdering the infant.
1907. “She’s 23 years old the way she is is just the exactly the way we brought up to be .” Actress Katherine Hepburn is born in Hartford, Connecticut. Among her movie roles: the African Queen, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, The Lion in Winter, and On Golden Pond..
1937. “Everything I ever was I still am and I living in sort of adolescent envelope , anyway. Comedian George Carlin is born in New York City. He’s best known for his monolog about the Seven Dirty Words you can’t say on television and radio.
And 1928. “Raindrops falling on my head.” Composer Burt Bacharach is born in Kansas City, Missouri. Among his melodies: Walk On By, I Say A Little Prayer and Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.
Today in history. May 12th. Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
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