历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-11-07（在线收听） |
November 7th, 1917The Bolshevik Revolution takes place in Russia. Forces led by Vladimir Lenin overthrow the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky. What eventually emerges, the Soviet Union, the world's first communist state. 2000Americans vote in a presidential election whose outcome remains in limbo for more a month. The race between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore hinges on Florida's disputed electoral votes. Bush becomes President after a legal fight that leads all the way to the US Supreme Court. Also that same yearHillary Clinton becomes the first First Lady to win public office when she is elected to a US Senate seat from New York. This happens 74 years to the day that Jeanette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to Congress. 1962Former Vice President Richard Nixon tells reporters after losing the California Governor's race. “As I leave you, I want you to know, just think how much you’re gonna be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.” But Nixon makes a comeback just six years later, when he wins the White House.
1940In Washington state, what's considered one of the most dramatic failures in bridge engineering. The middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses during a windstorm, just four months after the suspension bridge opens. No lives are lost, because the bridge was already closed to traffic at the time |
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