历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-03-11

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Bombs strike a commuter¹ rail network in Spain's capital, Madrid. The attack linked to the al-Qaeda terror network kills 191 people and wounds more than 2,000 others.

2006Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is found dead in his prison cell in the Netherlands. Milosevic dies while still on trial before a UN war crimes tribunal for orchestrating a decade of fighting in the Balkans that killed 250,000 people.

1985. In Moscow, Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the Soviet² Union's new leader. Gorbachev succeeds the late Konstantin Chernenko in the Kremlin.

1942.

During World War II, General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines for Australia as Japanese forces advance in the Pacific. At the time, MacArthur vows³ "I shall return." He keeps that promise nearly three years later when the allies reclaime the Philippines from the Japanese.

And 1970"Teach your children well, their father's hell..."Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, release their Deja Vu album. Among the tracks, Teach Your Children and Our House.

Today in History, March 11th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.

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