历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-07（在线收听） |
July 7th, 2005“I just heard the bang. I looked around, the whole top of the bus and the back of it just came off .” In London, suicide terrorist bombings strike three underground stations and a double-decker bus. The blasts kill 52 victims and 4 bombers in the worst attack on the British capital since World War Two. 1865In Washington, 4 people are hanged for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. 1987“I came here to tell you the truth, to tell you and this committee, and the American people the truth …” Also in Washington, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North begins his public testimony at congressional hearings on the Iran-Contra affair. The former Reagan White House aide at the heart of Arms-for-Hostages Scandal says he never carried out a single act without authorization.
1981President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor, an Arizona judge to be the first female justice on the US Supreme Court. 1907Robert Heinlein, the science fiction writer, whose works include Stranger in a Strange Land, is born in Butler, Missouri. And 1940“Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends. Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends …” Musician Ringo Starr, the drummer in the rock band the Beatles is born Richard Starkey in Liverpool, England.
Today in History, July 7th. Mike Gracia, the Associated Press. |
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