历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-09-22
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September 22nd, 1776, in New York, the British hang Nathan Hale as a spy during the American Revolution. Hale’s last words are said to have been“ I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
1980, Iraq Sadam Husein
invades1 neighboring Iran the year after Tehran’s Islamic Revolution. It’s the start of a war that kills hundreds of thousands on both sides over the next 8 years.
1975, a second attempt on President Gerald
Fort2’s life in less than 3 weeks, Sara Jane Moore tries to shoot Fort outside a San Francisco hotel, but misses. Moore, a political
radical3 turned FBI informant , receives life in prison.
1964, “If I were a rich man…”in New York, the musical "Fiddler on the Roof", starring Zero Mostel, opens on Broadway.
1989, “God bless America.” Also in the Big Apple , song writer Irving Berlin dies. He was 101 years old. Among his songs: God Bless America , There Is No Business Like Show Business and White Christmas.
Today in History. September 22nd. Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
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