历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-06-24(在线收听

 June 24th, 1948An early Cold War crisis , as the Soviet Union cuts off all land and water routes between West Germany and what’s then West Berlin. It is an attempt to force the United States and its western allies to abandon the city amid Soviet expansion across Eastern Europe. But the U.S. and its allies organize a massive airlift supplies into West Berlin, and the blockade ends the next year.

1895Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight boxing champ and a sports icon during the early 20th century is born in Manassa, Colorado. 1987You don't have any sense of humor! Oh, yes, I do ,I married you didn't I?
Comedian actor Jackie Gleason, known as “The Great One”, dies at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Gleason, start the early TV classic sitcom “The Honeymooners”, was 71.
Today in history, June 24th. Carload Bradley, the Associated Press.
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