历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-07
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October 7th, 2001, just weeks after the September 11th terror-attacks, the United States and Britain launch military strikes on Afghanistan. On a video tape, Osama Bin1 Laden2 prays God for the 9.11 attacks, but the Al-Qaeda leader does not claim responsibility for them.
1985, in the
Mediterranean3, Palestinian gunmen
hijack4 the “Achille Lauro” and an Italian cruise ship off the coast to the Egypt. The hijackers kill passenger Leon Klinghoffer-an elderly Jewish-American tourist before surrendering 2 days later.
1991, in Washington, U.S.
Supreme5 Court
nominee6 Clarence Thomas faces damaging allegation of sexual
harassment7. Law professor Anita Hill accuses Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments when she worked for him in 2 federal agencies during the 1980s. Hill urges the Senator to investigate. Thomas denies the claims and the Senator later confirms him.
1988, Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, is beaten and left tied to a wooden fence post outside Laramie, Wyoming. Shepard dies 5 days later. Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences for his murder.
1951, “see baby, ain't that America, home of the free, yeah~little pink houses for you and me.” John Mellencamp, the singer and song writer with Heartland-Rock hits, is born in Seymour, Indiana.
And 1982, “Memory all alone in the moonlight.” In New York, CATS-the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice opens on Broadway.
Today in History. October 7th. Mike Gracia, the Associated press.
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