历史上的今天-Today in History 2015-09-07(在线收听

 September 7th 1940Nazi Germany begins heavy bombing of London and other major cities in Britain during WWII. CBS reporter Edward describes the devastation of what becomes known as the Blitz.

"One may see a light of flare definitely hit a number of campus. Human beings looking like broken, castaway, dust-covered dolls being lifted with trouble hands out of a tunnel driven through to the basement of a bombed house."1997Mobuto Sese Seko, the former Central African dictator dies in Morocco at age 66. It happens months after Mobuto is forced into exile following his disastrous rule of Zaire now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo.
1977In Washington, the Panama Canal Treaties are signed. The agreement calls on the United States to eventually turn control of the waterway over to Panama during the next two decades.
1996Rapper Tupac Shakur is fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting on his car in the Las Vegas Strip. Shakur dies from his injuries days later. His murder remains unsolved.
1979Attention, SportsCenter fans! ESPN debuts on cable, the birth of a TV sports powerhouse.
1963The Pro Football Hall of Fame is dedicated in Canton, Ohio where what's now the NFL was formed more than four decades earlier.
And 1936  Well that' ll be the day when you say goodbye Yeah, yes that'll be the dayBuddy Holly, one of the early stars of rock'n'roll is born in Lubbock, Texas.
Today in History, September 7th. Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
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