日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 28th, 1989, deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii at age 72. On this date: In 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England to claim the English throne. In 1542, Portuguese... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 27th, 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War Two. On this date: In 1779, John Adams was named to negotiate the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 26th, 1960, the first televised debate between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took place in Chicago. On this date: In 1777, British troops occupied Philadelphia during the Amer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 25th, 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court. On this date: In 1690, one of the earliest American newspapers, Publick Occurrences, published its first -- and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 24th, 1789, Congress passed the First Judiciary Act, which provided for an attorney general and a Supreme Court. On this date: In 1869, thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic after fina... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 27th, 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War Two. On this date: In 1779, John Adams was named to negotiate the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 22nd, 1776, Nathan Hale was hanged as a spy by the British during the Revolutionary War. On this date: In 1789, Congress authorized the office of Postmaster-General. In 1792, the French Republic was proclai... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 21st, 1949, the People's Republic of China was proclaimed by its Communist leaders. On this date: In 1792, the French National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy. In 1897, the New York Sun ran its fam... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 20th, 1519, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia. (Magellan was killed enroute, but one of his ships eventually... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 19th, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, American soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga. On this date: In 1796, President Washington's farewell address was published. In 1881, the 20th president of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 On September 18th, 1970, rock star Jimi Hendrix died in London at age 27. On this date: In 1759, the French formally surrendered Quebec to the British. In 1793, President Washington laid the cornerstone of the US Capitol. In 1810, Chile declared its... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 17th, 1920, the American Professional Football Association -- a precursor of the National Football League -- was formed in Canton, Ohio (the site where the Pro Football Hall of Fame was later built). On thi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 16th, 1940, Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas was elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives. On this date: In 1630, the Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston. In 1638, France's King... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 15th, 1963, 11-year-old Denise McNair and three 14-year-olds: Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Addie Mae Collins were killed when a dynamite bomb exploded during Sunday services at the all-black 16th St... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 14th, 1940, Congress passed the Selective Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in US history. On this date: In 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner after witnessing the Bri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 13th, 1788, the Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election, and declared New York City the temporary national capital. On this date: In 1759, during the final French and Indian War... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September 12th, 1960, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy addressed the issue of his Roman Catholic faith, telling a Protestant group in Houston, I do not speak for my church on public matters, and the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September eleventh, 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first US Secretary of the Treasury. On this date: In 1814, an American fleet scored a decisive victory over the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September tenth, 1955, Gunsmoke premiered on CBS television. On this date: In 1608, John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia. In 1813, an American naval force commanded by Oliver H... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-17 Today's Highlight in History: On September ninth, 1956, Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. On this date: In 1776, the second Continental Congress made the term United States official, replacing United Colonies... 阅读全文>>