日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May 19th, 1935, T.E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, died in England from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash. On this date: In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry the Eighth,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May 18th, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing. On this date: In 1642, the Canadian city of Montreal was founded. In 1804, the French Senate proclaimed Na... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May 17th, 1792, the New York Stock Exchange was founded by brokers meeting under a tree located on what is now Wall Street. On this date: In 1875, the first Kentucky Derby was run; the winner was Aristides. In 1938,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May 16th, 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented during a banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The movie Wings won best production while Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor were named best actor and best actre... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May 15, 1972, George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer and left paralyzed while campaigning in Laurel, Maryland, for the Democratic presidential nomination. On this date: In 1602, Cape Cod was discovered by Englis... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May 14th, 1980, President Carter inaugurated the Department of Health and Human Services. On this date: In 1643, Louis the 14th became King of France at age four upon the death of his father, Louis the 13th. In 1804,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May 13th, 1940, in his first speech as prime minister of Britain, Winston Churchill told the House of Commons, I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. On this date: In 1607, the English colony at Ja... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May 12th, 1820, the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, was born in Florence, Italy. On this date: In 1870, Manitoba entered Confederation as a Canadian province. In 1932, the body of the kidnapped son o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May tenth, 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. On this date: In 1774, Louis the 16th ascended the throne of France.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May ninth, 1960, the Food and Drug Administration approved a pill as safe for birth control use. (The pill, Enovid, was made by G.D. Searle and Company of Chicago.) On this date: In 1502, Christopher Columbus left Ca... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May eighth, 1945, President Truman announced in a radio address that World War Two had ended in Europe. On this date: In 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. In 1846, the first major... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May seventh, 1975, President Ford formally declared an end to the Vietnam era. In Ho Chi Minh City -- formerly Saigon -- the Viet Cong celebrated its takeover. On this date: In 1789, the first inaugural ball was held... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May sixth, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground. On this date: In 1861, Arkansas sec... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On May fifth, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Junior became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute sub-orbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. On this date: In 1821, Napoleon Bo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April sixth, 1909, explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole. (The claim, disputed by skeptics, was upheld in 1989 by the Navigation Foundation.) On this date: In 18... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April fifth, 1792, George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states. On this date: In 1614, American Indian princess Pocahontas m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April second, 1917, President Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, The world must be made safe for democracy. On this date: In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. In... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April 29th, 1945, American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp; that same day, Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun and designated Admiral Karl Doenitz his successor. On this date: In 1429, Joan of Arc entered... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April 28th, 1789, there was a mutiny on the Bounty as the crew of the British ship set Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors adrift in a launch in the South Pacific. On this date: In 1758, the fifth president of the U... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April 26th, 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire killed at least 31 people and sent radioactivity into the atmosphere. On this date: In 1... 阅读全文>>