历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-10-18
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October 18th, 1931"Mary had a little lamb. Its fleece was white as snow, and everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go."Inventor Thomas Edison dies in West Orange, New Jersey1 at age 84. Among his many inventions, the electric light bulb, the phonograph and the motion picture camera. 1962Three scientists are named winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, for their work in determining the double helix structure of DNA2. Doctor James Watson of the United States and Doctors Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins of Britain share the Nobel honor.
2001CBS News announces an employee in Anchor Dan Rather's office in New York has tested positive for anthrax. It's part of the anthrax scare that kills five other people and shakes Americans, following the September 11th attacks.
Also in New York, that same yearFour
disciples3 of Al Qaeda leader Osama
Bin4 Laden5 are sentenced to life without parole for their roles in the deadly 1998 bombings of two US embassies in East Africa.
1968Two American athletes are suspended for a high-profile protest at the Mexico City Olympics. Sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power
salute6 during a medal ceremony. The athletes are later banned from all Olympic competition for life.
And 1926“Go Johnny go go go Johnny B. Goode.”
Rock n' Roll performer Chuck Berry is born in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Today in History, October 18th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
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