Today's Highlight in History:
On December third, 1967, surgeons in Cape¹ Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 days with the new heart.

On this date:
In 1818, Illinois伊利诺伊州 was admitted as the 21st state.

In 1828, Andrew Jackson was elected president of the United States.

In 1833, Oberlin College in Ohio -- the first truly coeducational男女合校的 school of higher learning in the United States -- opened its doors.

In 1925, "Concerto² in F," by George Gershwin, had its world premiere初次公演 at New York's Carnegie Hall, with Gershwin himself at the piano.

In 1947, the Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" opened on Broadway.

In 1953, the musical "Kismet" opened on Broadway.

In 1960, the musical "Camelot" opened on Broadway.

In 1967, the "Twentieth Century Limited," the famed luxury奢侈，豪华 train, completed its final run from New York to Chicago.

In 1979, eleven people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum, where the British rock group The Who was performing.

In 1984, more than 4,000 people died after a cloud of gas escaped from a pesticide杀虫剂 plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary子公司，附属机构 in Bhopal, India.

Ten years ago: President Bush and Soviet⁴ President Mikhail S. Gorbachev held the second day of their summit talks off Malta aboard the Soviet cruise liner旅游船，游轮公司 "Maxim⁵ Gorky"; the two leaders then held a joint⁶ news conference. East German Communist leader Egon Krenz, the ruling Politburo and the party's Central Committee resigned.

Five years ago: Rebel Serbs in Bosnia failed to keep a pledge to release hundreds of UN peacekeepers, some of whom had been held for more than a week. AIDS activist⁷ Elizabeth Glaser, who along with与……一道 her two children were infected with HIV because of a blood transfusion输血, died in Santa Monica, California, at age 47.

One year ago: Republicans jettisoned投弃 campaign fund-raising from their impeachment弹劾 inquiry¹¹, clearing the way for a historic House Judiciary Committee vote over President Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky and his effort to cover it up.