日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 28th, 1950, North Korean forces captured Seoul, South Korea. On this date: In 1778, Molly Pitcher (Mary Ludwig Hays) carried water to American soldiers at the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey. In... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 27th, 1950, President Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean conflict following a call from the UN Security Council for member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North. On this... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 26th, 1900, a commission that included Dr. Walter Reed began the fight against the deadly disease yellow fever. On this date: In 1870, the first section of Atlantic City, New Jersey's Boardwalk was opened to the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: Fifty years ago, on June 25th, 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South. On this date: In 1788, the state of Virginia ratified the US Constitution. In 1868, Florida, Alabama, Lou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 24th, 1908, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, Grover Cleveland, died in Princeton, New Jersey, at age 71. On this date: In 1497, the first recorded sighting of North America by a European took pl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 23rd, 1931, aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane. On this date: In 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an inv... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 22nd, 1940, during World War Two, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris. On this date: In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicate... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 21st, 1788, the United States Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it. On this date: In 1834, Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent for his reaping machine. In 1932, h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 20th, 1967, boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. (Ali's conviction was ultimately overturned by the Supreme Court). On this date: In 1756, in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 18th, 1940, during World War Two, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged his countrymen to conduct themselves in a manner that would prompt future generations to say, This was their finest hour. On this... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 17th, 1775, the Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill took place near Boston. On this date: In 1856, in Philadelphia, the Republican Party opened its first convention. In 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 16th, 1858, in a speech in Springfield, Illinois, Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, A house divided against itself cannot stand. On this date: In 1567, Mary,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 15th, 1215, King John put his seal to Magna Carta (the Great Charter) at Runnymede, England, granting his barons more liberty. On this date: In 1520, Pope Leo the Tenth threatened to excommunicate Martin Luther... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June 14th, 1777, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag. On this date: In 1775, the United States Army was founded. In 1846, a group of US settlers in Sonoma procl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: One hundred years ago, on June 13th, 1900, China's Boxer Rebellion targeting foreigners, as well as Chinese Christians, erupted into full-scale violence. On this date: In 1886, King Ludwig the Second of Bavaria drowned... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 On June 12th, 1987, President Reagan, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, publicly challenged Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to tear down this wall. On this date: In 1665, England installed a municipal government in New York, fo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlights in History: On June eleventh, 1776, the Continental Congress formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence from Britain. On this date: In 1509, England's King Henry the Eighth married Catherine of Aragon. In 1770, Capt... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June tenth, 1940, Italy declared war on France and Britain; Canada declared war on Italy. On this date: In 1801, the north African state of Tripoli declared war on the United States in a dispute over safe passage of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June ninth, A.D. 68, the Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide. On this date: In 1870, author Charles Dickens died in Godshill, England. In 1940, Norway surrendered to the Nazis during World War Two. In 1953, about 10... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-15 Today's Highlight in History: On June eighth, A.D. 632, the prophet Mohammed died. On this date: In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1861, Tennessee seceded from the Union. In 1876, autho... 阅读全文>>