历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-12
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July 12th, 100 B.C.
Julius Caesar, the Ancient Roman dictator and military
conqueror1 who was
assassinated2 on the Ides of March, is born. 1984,Walter Mondale picks the first woman to run on a major party ticket for the White House. The Democratic presidential
nominee3 chooses New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. Thank you
Vice4 President Mondale, Vice President—it has such a nice ring to it.
Mondale and Ferraro lose to Republican
incumbents5 Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush that fall.
1990,In Moscow, Boris Yeltsin quits the Communist Party, ahead of the
Soviet6 Union's
collapse7 the following year. Yeltsin serves as Russia's president until the end of the decade.
1817,Henry David Thoreau, the
naturalist8 and author who put Walden Pond on the literary map, is born in
Concord9, Massachusetts.
1854,George Eastman, inventor of the Kodak camera and film that revolutionize photography, is born in Waterville, New York.
1895,The hills are alive with the sound of music.
Oscar Hammerstein, the Broadway lyricist known for his musicals with composer Richard Rodgers, is born in New York City.
And 1937,I'm telling you. You're going to try as hard as you can and you gonna do it because I said so.
Comedian10 and actor Bill Cosby, whose work lifted the
portrayal11 of African-Americans on television, is born in Philadelphia.
Today in History, July 12th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
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