历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-11-29(在线收听) |
November 29th, 1963President Lyndon B. Johnson names a commission to investigate President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas. The bipartisan panel, chaired by chief justice Earl Warren, becomes known as the Warren Commission. It later concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing Kennedy and wounding Texas Governor John Connally. 1947The UN General Assembly passes a resolution calling for the British mandate of Palestine to be partitioned between Jews and Arabs. Jewish leaders accept the plan, while Arab leaders do not. The state of Israel is created months later followed by the first Arab-Israeli war. 1929Navy Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd radios that he and his copilot have made the first airplane flight over the South Pole. 1981Actress Natalie Wood is found dead after a night of partying with husband Robert Wagner on the couple's yacht. “It looks like, was a drowning, she was fully clothed, in a dress and a red jacket, and she was found just beneath the surface of the water.” Wood was 43. 1986"I am frightfully shy, but I’ve got an awful shot for you."Actor Cary Grant dies in Davenport, Iowa at the age of 82. And 2001,In Los Angeles, musician George Harrison, known as the “quiet Beatle”, dies after a battle with cancer. He was 58. Today in History, November 29th, Jon Belmar, the Associated Press. |
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