历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-09-13

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2005,“To the extent that the federal government didn’t fully¹ do its job right, I take responsibility.” For the first time, President George W. Bush takes responsibility for the federal government's mistakes in its response to Hurricane Katrina. He suggests the calamity² raises broader questions about the government's ability to handle both natural disasters and terror attacks. 1971,In upstate New York, police and guards storm the Attica Correctional Facility, ending a prison uprising. The four-day ordeal³, including the final assault on the prison, claims a total of 43 lives. 1998,“And I will be present to bother inference of in an Negro who attempts to enroll⁴ at the University of Alabama.” Former Alabama Governor George Wallace dies in the state capital Montgomery at age 79. In his later years, Wallace, who also ran for President, renounced⁵ his one-time segregationist⁶ views.

And 1996, I'm sick of psychotic society somebody save me. Addicted⁷ to drama so even mama couldn't raise meRapper Tupac Shakur dies at a Los Vegas hospital, at age 25. It happens six days after Shakur is wounded in a drive-by shooting that remains⁸ unsolved.

Today in History, September 13th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.

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