历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-09（在线收听） |
“Ladies and Gentlemen, The Beatles.” Feburary 9th 1964. Beatlemania hits prime time in the United States. “Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, tomorrow...” The “Fab Four” made their first live appearance on the American TV on the “Ed Aullivan Show” on CBS. 1950. In Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy charges the State Department is riddled with communists. McCarthy’s speech sets the stage for his controversial campaign to rule out communists in the US government. “Traitors are not gentleman, my good friends. They don't understand being treated like gentlemen”. 1943. During World War II, allied forces defeat the Japanese in the month-long battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific.
1984. The Soviet Union’s leader Yuri Andropov dies in Moscow at age of 69. Andropov spent less than 15 months in power after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev in the Kremlin.
And 1944. Alice Walker, author of the Color Purple, and other novels about African-American culture is born in Georgia.
Today in history, Feburary 9th. Tim Maguire. The Associated Press. |
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