历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-12

搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号：tingroom，领取免费英语资料大礼包。

Roosevelt who led America through the Great Depression and most of World War II served a record of 12 years in office. Vice² President Harry³ Truman succeeds Roosevelt in the White House.

1861, start of the American Civil War. Confederate forces fire on the Union garrison⁴ at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, fighting between the North and South lasts 4 years with more than half a million deaths.

1961, Soviet⁵ cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbiting the Earth once before making a safe landing. And 1981, America's first space shuttle, named Columbia, blasts off from Cape⁶ Canaveral, Florida, on its maiden⁷ flight. More than two decades later, Columbia meets a tragic⁸ end; it disintegrates⁹ on reentry killing¹⁰ its 7-passenger crew. And 1947, “my name is Dave Letterman and I am the host of late show, America’s most successful C student.”

David Letterman, the late night TV talk show host is born in Indianapolis.

Today In History, April 12th, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.

分享到：