Today's Highlight in History:
On January 27th, 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.

On this date:
In 1832, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pen name Lewis Carroll, was born in Cheshire, England.

In 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent专利权 for his electric incandescent¹ lamp.

In 1944, the Soviet² Union announced the end of the deadly German siege围攻，包围 of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years.

In 1945, Soviet troops liberated³ the Nazi⁴ concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.

In 1951, an era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton千吨 bomb on Frenchman Flats.

In 1967, astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their "Apollo One" spacecraft at Cape⁵ Kennedy, Florida.

In 1967, more than 60 nations signed a treaty条约，协议 banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons.

In 1973, the Vietnam peace accords协议，一致 were signed in Paris.

In 1977, the Vatican reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's ban on female priests牧师.

In 1981, President Reagan greeted the 52 former American hostages released by Iran.

Ten years ago: In Romania, four top associates of executed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu went on trial, charged with abetting煽动，教唆 genocide.

Five years ago: House Majority Leader Dick Armey apologized for calling Massachusetts Democrat⁷ Barney Frank, an acknowledged homosexual, "Barney Fag" during an interview, saying it was an innocent slip of the tongue. About five-thousand mourners gathered at the site of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz to commemorate⁸纪念 the 50th anniversary of its liberation.

One year ago: The Republican-controlled Senate blocked dismissal解雇，免职 of the impeachment⁹ case against President Clinton and then voted for new testimony¹⁰ from Monica Lewinsky and two other witnesses -- but by margins¹¹边缘，保证金 well short of the two-thirds needed to oust¹²剥夺，驱逐 the president.