Today's Highlight in History:
On February fourth, 1789, electors unanimously全体一致地 chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.

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In 1783, Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities停战，休战 with its former colonies, the United States of America.

In 1861, delegates代表 from six southern states met in Montgomery, Alabama, to form the Confederate States of America.

In 1941, the United Service Organizations劳军联合组织 (USO) came into existence成立，开始存在.

In 1945, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet² leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta雅尔塔.

In 1974, newspaper heiress女继承人 Patricia Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, California, by the Symbionese Liberation Army共生解放军.

In 1975, more than 22,000 people died when a severe earthquake struck Guatemala危地马拉 and Honduras.

In 1980, Abolhassan Bani-Sadr was installed任命，安装 as president of Iran by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

In 1983, singer Karen Carpenter died in Downey, California, at age 32.

In 1987, pianist Liberace died at his Palm Springs, California, home at age 67.

In 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable有责任的 for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

Ten years ago: Hundreds of thousands of cheering protesters filled Moscow streets to demand that the Communists surrender their stranglehold束缚 on power. Nine people were killed as guerrillas attacked a bus carrying Israeli tourists near Cairo, Egypt.

Five years ago: A standoff冷淡，僵持 between the United States and China escalated³ into逐步升级为，激化为 a trade war, with each country ordering stiff tariffs⁴关税 against the other.

One year ago: Gravely ill with lymphatic淋巴腺 cancer, Jordan's King Hussein left the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and was flown home. Senators at President Clinton's impeachment弹劾，控告 trial voted to permit the showing of portions of Monica Lewinsky's videotaped deposition⁶. In a case that's drawn⁷ much controversy⁸, Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant, was shot and killed in front of his Bronx home by four plainclothes New York City police officers.